Chapter V

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The light pitter-patter of footsteps filled the demolished mansion. With each step the intruders took, Kaname's body tensed. It's been a long while since he's been in a fight after all. But just because he hasn't gotten into a brawl recently didn't mean that he couldn't fight.

Yuuki's eyes darted around the room, senses over-heightened looking for a place to possibly escape to. Her eyes drifted towards the shelves and the broken window, going back and forth a few times. She formulized a plan in her head. She would crush the intruders with the shelves as soon as they get in and then escape with Kaname outside the window.

The footsteps were louder now and Kaname heard Yuuki let out a low hiss. Glancing back at her, he saw her red orbs in slits, staring intently at the debris that was once the entrance. He knew he probably shouldn't be thinking of her in sexualized way at the moment, but he couldn't help it. She looked too attractive with that wild look in her eyes.

Quickly ripping his gaze from Yuuki to the door, he noticed a familiar scent in the air. It was faint, but it was definitely there. His eyes widened and he suddenly grabbed Yuuki's arm, startling her.

"Kaname?!" Yuuki hissed.

She was getting ready to fight whoever they were going to encounter.

"We have to go. Now." He said with finality.

He was halfway into pushing Yuuki out the window when a loud guffaw stopped him in his tracks. Shoulders stiffening and teeth clenching, Kaname stood stock-still.

"My, my if it isn't the traitor!" the man who laughed said.

Looking over Kaname's shoulder, Yuuki could see a man with wild gray hair. His eyes were the brightest of greens she's ever seen. She didn't linger on his eyes for too long though, since it was his leering smile that caught her attention the most. His lips were set into a lopsided maniacal grin, one that rang every alarm in her system.

He was dangerous.

"Izo." Kaname said, his voice monotonous.

Tension filled the room and Yuuki knew not to talk unless she really needed to. The man named Izo's grin, she noticed, grew tenfold letting her look at his sharp fangs unhidden to the world.

"Izo-sama." A new voice sounded.

Looking to Izo's left, both Yuuki and Kaname saw the newcomer. His head bowed low to the ground before Izo.

"You were right Asato." Izo boomed. "They were the traitor's footprints after all. And it seems his companion is also here."

Piercing green eyes stared right at Yuuki's wine orbs. Even though it was only for a brief moment since Kaname immediately shielded her, it felt like Izo stared at her very soul. Like he probed her very being with that brief eye contact.

"How mean of you old comrade," Izo mock-whined, "Not going to share?"

"She's not food, Izo." Kaname spat, eyes going back into their bright red colour.

Another loud guffaw filled the room.

"Same old stick-up-the-ass aren't you, eh?" Izo snarled.

His eyes flashed red and Yuuki noticed. This was dangerous. Killing intent leaked out of the man and Kaname was obviously doing the same. By her calculations, neither of them would win if they were to fight right now. She knew they were both equally strong. There was only one way she could think of if they wanted to get out of here unharmed.

"Kaname, let's go." She whispered so that only he could hear.

But alas, Izo heard as well.

"Oho?" He grinned the same maniacal grin he's had since their encounter. "The lady speaks!"

Kaname glared at Izo and covered Yuuki with his whole body, hiding the petite girl from the rotten man. He knew Izo from long ago. He was also an Ancestor, and a strong one at that, even as strong as Kaname himself. They built an army together, killing every human on sight. It was a horrible experience now that Kaname thought about it. Izo only wanted food. He wanted all the blood that he could have.

It was about three hundred years ago when Kaname defected from his alliance with Izo. To say the man was pissed was an understatement. Both battled for months on end and finally stopping when the thirst for blood was too strong. That was the last time Kaname saw him. Battered and exhausted.

But now Izo was as good as new. Probably killed a thousand humans just to survive the battle they had.

"Kaname, we have to go," Yuuki hissed urgently, "He's dangerous!"

Kaname looked down at Yuuki and saw her worried eyes telling him to agree with her. And agree with her he did.

Izo was a dangerous man. All those years with him made him aware of his sheer strength. They were after all the strongest vampires that ever existed.

With a stiff miniscule nod, Kaname pushed Yuuki out the window and onto the soft fluffy snow.

Letting out a tiny yelp, Yuuki's reflexes kicked in and she managed to land on her feet. That was a pretty high fall since they were on the second floor. Looking up, she saw Kaname retreat back into the room and groaned.

How stubborn can he get?! She growled in her mind.

Inside the mansion, Kaname briefly sighed in relief that Yuuki managed to get her reflexes to kick in just when she was about to land. Before he retreated back into the room though, he caught a glimpse of her eyes staring at him with annoyance and worry. His heart skipped a beat at the latter.

"That was very brave of you Kaname." Izo mocked. "So you have a name after all!"

"She named me." Kaname said, staring at Izo with hate.

"The little pureblood? Wow! I never thought you would actually go this long without biting her! And for her to give you a name…how curious." Izo smirked.

"Back off Izo." Kaname growled dangerously low.

He could tell that Izo was now very interested in Yuuki and that thought alone left a bad taste in his mouth.

"Oh I will." Izo said, face completely emotionless.

Kaname's eyes glared dangerously at the man. He knew that tone. He was saying something completely different to what he was going to do.

"Asa—" Izo never got to finish.

As soon as he said two syllables of his servant's name, Kaname attacked. The poor Level B vampire turned into dust before he even knew it.

Izo stilled. By the looks of things, Kaname was really pissed and he didn't like that. He might look okay on the outside now, but he was still recovering on the inside. Kaname almost killed him three hundred years ago. If it weren't for the fact that they were both going to starve and Kaname stopped attacking, he doubted that he would be alive now. So he was going to take the safe road for now.

"I see." He mumbled, looking at the pile of dust just beside his feet.

Glancing at the fuming Ancestor before him, Izo placed a predatory grin on his roguish face. He couldn't lose face in front of the man he trusted merely a few hundred years ago.

"I shall take my leave," He said, going to leave the battered old mansion. "For now that is."

Finally leaving his sight, Kaname closed his eyes and breathed in deeply. He needed to calm down. He almost obliterated everything in sight. And if he did, he knew that he would've hit Yuuki in the mess. He didn't want that. She was his companion after all.

Yeah, that's it, only a companion. He thought She probably already left after I pushed her out of the window.

As Yuuki waited outside for Kaname, she sensed the other Ancestor near her. Tensing her body to prepare for a fight, she worried that Kaname might be hurt. But, she hasn't smelt any blood yet so she still had hope that he was okay.

The grinning face of Izo materialized in front of her. Crouching low with slit red eyes, she waited for his attack.

But it never came.

He merely walked past her with a whisper of "Until next time, little miss."

The moment he whispered those words, Yuuki whipped around only to find nobody there. He was gone.

Standing there in shock for a moment, she rushed back in to check on Kaname. Reaching the library, she faintly noticed the pile of ashes at the entrance, deducing that it was Izo's servant from before.

Entering the library, she saw Kaname sitting on the old couch haphazardly, his arm over his eyes.

He felt more than saw someone staring at him. And within a millisecond, he knew it was Yuuki. He felt elated at the fact that she stayed. He didn't know why but he just did.

Raising his arm off his face, he stared at the ceiling, then at the woman openly staring at him. He knew that Izo was going to come back soon, no doubt with an army of followers. He needed to protect this thing that has been accompanying him since the night before.

Kaname was startled at the thought of him being very protective over this creature and he immediately tried to brush it off. Though he failed miserably.

"Are you alright?" She asked, worry evident in her tone.

"Yes." He said, a tiny tightening in his heart at her worry for him made him clench his fist slightly.

"Did he do anything to you?"

"No, but we need to leave."

Yuuki looked at him questioningly. "Leave? Where are we going?"

Blinking, he thought for a minute of where they could go but finding none that could possibly be safe for both of them.

"I don't know, but far away from here." He said, getting up from his sitting position on the couch. "Izo will no doubt come back for us."

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A/N: HEY GUYS! I AM BAAAAACK. Okay so this was a little rushed I think and yeah, I was putting this off for so long because I honestly stopped caring about VK. BUT THEN! I started reading other fanfictions and I was like "You know what? I'm gonna continue my story even if takes me a long time! YEAH!" so yeah. Hahaha

I hope y'all like this chappie!

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