Kuruizaki
Incisors that resembled a cat's descended from the upper jaw as they suck into her new Master's wrist.
Zero winced and hissed at his new servant's boldness. Of course, he had to have picked a girl who knew enough about the Change to know she needed his blood to survive. But he allowed her to feed, she wasn't like any other girl who'd be begging for something more right now and she'd been a good opponent. He let her have his wrist and she hand grasped onto it greedily, keeping him in place. The wind picked up and suddenly the calm night turned into a storm. An unseen bullet of Power shot past him and drew a thin line of blood on his cheek.
Smirking Zero's head swiveled to the entrance to the forest, back towards the Academy were the princess slept in her bed. He'd gotten Yuuki's attention, now all he needed to do was luger her in to the shadows so he could take her.
Yori eased her fangs out of Zero's wrist and they retraced back to normal size. Zero turned back to her and hooked a finger under her chin, forcing her to look at him. Locking eyes with her Yori became entranced by the beautiful violet eyes of the Pureblood male. "Sleep." He commanded.
Her body fell limp at the command and she sunk to the forest floor. Zero stared at her as the Change happened before his eyes.
Her sun-kissed skin began to look fairer and her hair lighter. Her nails lengthened and just something about her seemed hauntingly beautiful and powerful.
This girl and the princess are friends. Yuuki will come and save her...With a smirk on his lips Zero scoped the girl up bridal style and headed towards the abandoned building he'd seen earlier.
"Come and get me, Yuuki-chan..." He whispered into the wind, knowing the princess could hear it.
Kuran
"Come and get me, Yuuki-chan..." Yuuki's anger spiked and she snarled into the violent night.
The Hunters around her were too in sync to edge away from her. They checked their weapons and made sure they were ready to fight if needed.
Kaien's gaze swept over the group and sighed. Even Yuuki, tender, kind Yuuki looked lethal. Like her mother when he first met her: long hair bellowing, eyes flashing from brown to crimson, a haunting aura surrounding her showing she wasn't to be trifled with at this moment.
Yuuki's nails dug into her palm. The words that had drifted to her ears. The Pureblood was calling her out, asking, begging for a fight.
"Yuuki, wait inside." Kaien said sternly. "Juuri will be angry with me if-"
"No, I think she should go," Hiro said. "She's already sniffing them out like a bloodhound."
"Use one more animal reference on me, I dare you." She threatened, not taking her eyes of the tree line. Hiro glared and Yagari called their attention.
"Kuran-san could help us, fight Pureblood with Pureblood."
Kaien weighted his options and looked at Yuuki once more; trying to shake off how much she looked like Juuri. And that glare...he knew it well. Determination, anger and hope all rolled into one, intense look. When Juuri didn't want to give up on something she got that look and to see it on her daughter...it was near painful.
"Be careful."
"Always am." Yagari said, Kaien didn't dare correct him that he was talking to Yuuki. "Let's go!" They all rushed forward, moving at speeds that were the equivalence of years of training.
"Just so you know," another Hunter huffed. "Our treaty, after tonight, is over."
"Fine with me."
Kuruizaki
Zero stared out the window of the dorm room.
There is no way this storm hit on its own, the timing was too perfect...He realized that this must be the Kuran princess's doing. Powerful.
If he squinted he was just able to see the band of Hunters rushing to Yori's rescue and...Yuuki was with among them. Watching them become closer and closer to the building. Once they were about to move out of his line of sight, near the front door, a tree fell.
Crashing down to the stone ground, the princess was yanked out of the way by a Hunter. She murmured a thank you and Zero positioned himself on the window sill, wind howling around him.
"Na' ah, I only want to play with one of you." He said childishly, wagging his finger at them for emphasis. The princess's head snapped up and her eyes widened.
"YOU!" She shoved the Hunter back so she could stand taller.
"I have a name, you know." Zero acted hurt, but she ignored him.
"Come down here!"
"No. You come up here." He shut the window against the wind and locked it. Knowing she'd be up her soon; he turned back to Yori, who lay in the bed behind him, only to realize: she was gone.
"Oh no," he grumbled.
Kuran
The princess staggered forward, only to be stopped by Yagari.
"Do you have a death wish? You can't go in there alone." Momentarily he wondered why he cared, but he knew with one hair was hurt on her head her parents -most likely her mother- would have a thing or two to say about it. "He's older-"
"Older doesn't mean stronger, and it sure doesn't mean wiser." She said. "Besides-" Reaching towards his belt she withdrew his sword and the Hunters concealed their gasps. "I'm a Kuran, I can use anti-vampire weapons."
Struggling out of his grasp she jumped over the fallen tree towards the door, pushing it open effortlessly, it closed just as easily on its own with a loud slam that echoed around the elegantly decorated room. Her grip tightened around the hilt of the katana and she moved further into the room, glancing warily around the room. The lonely sounds were the patting of her feet against the porcelain floors, but she didn't relay only on that, she could smell another Pureblood inside the dorm.
She froze when a blur of color darted down the stairway and a click sounded from behind her.
Half-blind, Yuuki turned and slammed the hilt of the katana into that person's abdomen. She -judging by the size- dropped like a leaf, crumbling to the floor with small bolts of lightning racking across her body, her chestnut hair obscuring her twisted, pained face.
"Oh, God Yori..." The weapon slipped from her fingers and she knelt down beside her friend, trying to bring her back up.
"Yuuki...run..." Yori choked, blood seeping down the side of her mouth.
"Hold her still, Sayori." A quiet hallow whisper echoed through the Level D's ears and, unable to resist the order, immediately snatched the princess's wrist. A laugh followed. "Make her stand."
Yori followed the abrupt order without fail, almost without thought, and force Yuuki to stand and turned her to face her Master who nimbly walked down the grand staircase, folding his coat over his arm before leaving it on the banister, a satisfied smile crossed his lips and Yuuki watched him closely.
"Well, I must say taking over your mind was relatively easy." Zero chuckled.
"What do you want from me, Kuruizaki?" Yuuki asked. Zero's laughing creased and then he was standing in front of the two, towering over them. Yuuki masked her shock, but an audible gasp was heard as he lowered his face to the crook of her neck and breathed in. "I..." His hand gripped her upper arm, in an attempt to hold her even steadier.
"So warm..." His hand was cold and it moved up and down from her shoulder to her elbow.
She could hear the parting of his lips and her inner turmoil set in.
He was going to bite her. Take what was rightfully her brother's and, possibly, the last of her dignity.
His other hand rose held her pale neck, fingers almost gentle.
"You can't wield Hunter weapons by drinking the blood of a Kuran." She felt him pause momentarily and his grip loosened just a fraction, not for long, but quickly tightened again. Almost painfully. "Ah!"
"That's not what I'm after..." A tongue lathered her neck and she felt the ghost of fangs over her neck-
"No!"
-when Yori broke her trance and leaped forward, knocking Yuuki aside. They all fell to the ground, the marble floors sending waves of pain to whatever they landed on. But Yori didn't mind the pain, hand still locked around the princess's wrist, she pulled Yuuki back up, to her feet and darted up the stairs: knowing Zero did well to charm the door.
Feeling rather put out the Pureblood male watched them disappear upstairs.
He turned his hand over, palm up, and a white bat pulled from his skin. And another. And another...until all that was left was a flock of bats, soaring up the stairs to find the girls.
Kuran
"You know," Leaning around a corner, Yuuki smiled at the shorter blonde. "For a moment I thought you were going to let him have me."
"For a moment I thought I was too." Yori flashed a quick smile and glanced back into the hall to find herself face to face with a gray-ish silver bat with lilac eyes. The animal shrieked and Yuuki pulled Yori back in the room, slamming and locking the door. "That was just a bat." Yori piped.
"No that was Zero." Yuuki corrected in a panic, edging away from the door.
"That was Zero?" Yori's eyes widened.
"One of him...at least." The echoing sound of slams beat at the door as more and more bats gathered outside. Power was gathering, Yuuki could taste it on her tongue. The Power he gained when his family slaughtered the Kiryuu Hunters, it encased him like aura and roared like wild fire, calling to her from the other side of the door.
"Yori..." Yuuki turned to find her friend standing on the window sill, looking out. "What are you...?"
"Have a better idea?" Yori inquired.
At that moment the door flung open and Yuuki shoved her friend out the window.
Yori screamed. Eyes locking with the ground underneath her, imagining her tangled body on the ground: dead.
Last minute her body seemed to turn and her hand grabbed the ledge of another window. Her foot stuck on an uneven brick and she jumped again, bracing her fall with her benching knees. Her friends looked at her weirdly and she glanced back at Yuuki who hung halfway out the window already. "Run!" She shouted and Yori obliged, the Hunter's trailing after her.
A hand grabbed Yuuki's throat and pulled her back into the room.
The window slammed shut and her heartbeat pulsed.
"What a noble thing to do for a friend." His Power lashed out at her and seemed to take hold of her soul.
Then darkness encased the two.
YEAH! I finally re-wrote this! Whoo-hoo!