Disclaimer: I own nothing of Vampire Knight; the lovely masterpiece that it is belongs to Matsuri Hino.
A/N: As it is ladies and gentlemen, we are still on the outside world.
Noble's Just Desserts
Kaname's eyes hardened as he glanced between the two across from him, "Zero will be a noble."
Kaien and Yagari's mouths opened and closed several times, not knowing what to say. It was hard enough for Yagari to accept Zero as an ex-human, now his idiot apprentice would be a noble. Kaien on the other hand was just plain shocked as he had never heard of such a thing occurring, then again it wasn't every day a pureblood force fed some their blood.
"But he only drank from you last night, is that really all it takes?" Kaien asked after a few moments of silence.
Kaname shook his head, "Zero also drank from me two nights ago. He's had a large quantity of my blood over the past two days. As it is, he will most likely receive more before he awakens. By then, the changes to his body will be complete."
"Zero-kun will be devastated," Kaien whispered, ignoring the mention of the night two nights ago in order to address the more serious topic.
The pureblood's heart clenched at that, he had only wanted to help the boy. It wasn't like he had planned for it to happen. In his desperation to save the young hunter he had forgotten about the consequences. He didn't want the hunter to regret his life… But better yet, he didn't want to give Zero more a reason to hate him.
Takuma saw the devastated look on Kaname's face, though well hidden. Resting his hand on the pureblood's shoulder, he gave it a comforting squeeze to show his support. Takuma knew that his friend was coming to care for the young man known as Zero Kiryu.
"Do you have any idea what you've done?" Yagari growled, anger overriding him.
Kaname looked determinedly into the other hunter's eyes, "I saved his life."
"Did you ever think that maybe Zero wouldn't want to live if this was what was going to happen?" Yagari raged.
The pureblood's eyes narrowed, "Isn't it better to ask forgiveness than permission? At least now he has the chance to decide what to do with his life. Are you saying you would have been happier if I had left him die?"
The master hunter didn't have a reply to that. While he was upset that his apprentice would be a full-fledged vampire, he was still happy that the idiot was alive.
"We sincerely appreciate what you have done for Zero-kun," Kaien spoke on behalf of the other hunter, "But why haven't we heard of this happening before?"
Kaname looked at the floor, "It is forbidden."
"What do you mean forbidden?" Yagari asked, finally back in the conversation.
"What part of the word didn't you understand?" Kaname glared at the man, "Purebloods are a highly valued… commodity. We are not allowed to give out blood frivolously. It is written in vampiric law that purebloods are not allowed to give ex-humans the amount of blood needed to complete the change. It's why you have never heard of it before… No other pureblood has tried it before."
"So you put Zero in more a precarious position on a whim!" Yagari shouted.
"It wasn't on a whim! Zero is too precious to too many people to have let him die!" Kaname growled, but then calmed himself, "Zero will be in no danger."
"I can't see the vampire council letting this one go Kaname-kun," Kaien whispered.
Kaname turned his head to look out the window, "They won't… But they will not come after Zero… They will be after me."
Both Yagari and Kaien's eyes widened at that. The pureblood had put himself at risk, in more ways than one, in order to help someone whom he was supposed to hate.
"What will they do?" Kaien asked, worry clouding his eyes.
Kaname smiled comfortingly at his old friend, "There is no need to worry, they will not kill me; I am too precious to them. More likely than not, I will receive a slap on the wrist. Though they rule the vampires, they know better than to quarrel with a pureblood."
Kaien sighed in relief, it was a weight off his shoulders, but it was time to get back on task, "Will Zero's rise to a B class change anything?"
Kaname pondered that a moment before he spoke, "Hopefully he will be able to resort to the blood tablets after he has stabilized," seeing the hopeful looks on the other's faces, he had to give them a dose of reality, "Though it would be wonderful if that were to happen, I wouldn't count on it. Even as a level D he should have been able to stomach the pills. It seems as though something prevents him from doing so. Don't just assume that because he rises in level that that will change. Also, though I am not certain, he will probably gain the power of a noble. As you know, all nobles comes with abilities that lower level vampires do not possess. I would say it's a good possibility that a power will awaken in Zero once he awakens."
"How on earth will he control it? Nobles are trained from birth to control their abilities," Kaien pondered.
Takuma stepped forward at that, "I will help him… and I'm sure Kaname will not let him deal with it on his own either."
Kaname nodded, "That is quite right, Zero will have the support of both Takuma and myself. We will help in any way that we can."
Silence reigned once more as the two hunters processed the information they were given. One's eyes were twinkling, thinking of how his son had the best help he could hope to get. The other was slightly disgruntled, hating the fact that he owed a vampire, a pureblood at that, for saving his idiot apprentice.
The pureblood stared at them as they pondered over all the information they were given. If they were normal people, he could imagine the crisis they were going through. However, they were both hunters, though one was retired, so they were probably weighing to pros and cons of what had taken place.
"So you said that Zero-kun has fed off of you before last night?" Kaien asked as he finally remembered what the pureblood had said.
"That is true. The other night, another… incident took place. Certain events took place that I will not disclose as they are personal. However, for that reason I was not as… controlled as normal. Zero found me in this state and we… connected on a personal level," Kaname could tell from the look in Kaien's eyes that he knew what personal event he was speaking of but he pushed on, "As I said, I was not entirely myself, and ended up… harming myself accidently. Zero was there and endeavored to stop me, however, the other nobles also smelled the scent of my blood. They arrived on the scene and received the wrong impression; they believed that Zero was trying to harm me. With that thought in mind, they retaliated. To make a long story short, Zero ended up losing a lot of blood from his wounds due to the altercation before I came to my senses. Knowing that it was my fault that Zero ended up in the state, I offered him my blood to atone for it."
Yagari huffed, "It seems that since that idiot helped you, he's had nothing but trouble for his efforts. He almost died because of you."
"I know… It was not my intention for that to happen," Kaname stated, guilt tearing at his heart.
"It's ok Kaname-kun, we understand that you didn't want this to happen," Kaien spoke as he shot a dark look at the other hunter.
Yagari huffed again but didn't take back what he said. In his mind he knew that the pureblood was the cause of all Zero's recent troubles. If his apprentice suffered any more at the hands of the man before him, there was going to be hell to pay.
Seeing the dark look enter Yagari's eyes, Kaien coughed softly before redirecting the conversation, "I noticed that those involved with last night's occurrence aren't in class."
Kaname nodded, "Yes, I had them stay behind so we can get what truly occurred from them."
"Yuuki's already informed me of that," Kaien stated.
"What did she have to say on the matter?" Kaname asked curiously.
"Well, she could only tell me what happened before she lost consciousness. She told me that after Zero dragged her from your classroom they had an argument. She wouldn't go into the details of it but from the way she looked, I'm assuming it was about you and Zero. Yuuki then told me that Zero grabbed her and help her against a tree. Apparently Aido and the others had arrived. Things only went downhill from there. They demanded to know what he had done to you but as Zero obviously didn't remember, he couldn't answer. The situation then escalated into a fight. Zero told Yuuki to run and to get Yagari and I, but before she could get far Ruka grabbed her. Apparently Ruka and Rima threatened Yuuki's life if Zero didn't cooperate. Zero relinquished his gun at the threat. It was then that she screamed for you. The others then proceeded to attack Zero, but Yuuki tried to help him. It was then she was supposedly knocked unconscious, no doubt by Ruka," Kaien explained somewhat cautiously, knowing how irate Kaname could get if Yuuki was threatened.
Kaname growled softly at hearing that Yuuki had been used as Zero's weakness. He knew that is followers were not stupid, they knew that Zero had feelings for the young girl. They used that against him. It also irritated him that they went against his direct orders on two counts; to return to the dorm after classes and to never harm Yuuki.
Nodding to Takuma, he ordered, "Have the others come up." Once Takuma was gone, he returned his attention to the others, "Have you thought any of their punishment?"
"I saw we shoot them all," Yagari grinned darkly, a gleam in his eye.
Kaname shook his head at that, "That is not acceptable, their families allowed them to attend her knowing that I would protect them."
"What do you suggest Kaname-kun?" Kaien asked curiously.
"I do not believe one punishment will be sufficient. I have tried on numerous occasions to make Aido cease his… immature actions," Kaname pondered a few seconds longer before he too grinned, "Zero is always threatening to make the day class girls clean the restrooms; I believe we will begin with that. In addition to that, I would like to make them Zero's guards once he wakes."
"Why would you do that?" Kaien asked.
"No! Out of the question! They've done this to him twice already, what's to stop them from doing it again?" Yagari growled, completely against the idea.
Kaname's grin widened, "Believe me, they will not try to harm Zero again. I will make sure of that."
Kaien interrupted Yagari before he could protest once again, "I believe that would a fine punishment. Though you say the vampire council is not likely to come after Zero, I wouldn't mind the extra protection for him. Aside from that, maybe both punishments will teach them a little humility."
"What if they try to hurt the idiot again?" Yagari asked, slowly being swayed.
"I'm Zero will be able to defend himself against them should they try. Aside from that," Kaname's eyes glowed red slightly before fading, "They will have to answer to me should they try."
Kaien shuddered a little at that, not used to seeing Kaname so worked up, "So it's decided then?"
Kaname looked to Yagari, and when he received a nod, he answered, "It has."
Kaien went to speak more but just then the door opened. Takuma walked in with a cheerful smile on his face as he was followed by five despondent nobles. One could feel the resignation flowing off all of them.
Once the door was closed, Kaname turned his attention to Aido with a small smile, "You seem to be looking better Hanabusa."
Aido glanced at his leader before once more darting his eyes to the floor, "Yes Kaname-sama. The blood tablets and sleep helped a lot."
"That's good to hear. Thank you for helping last night," Kaname stated, genuinely grateful to the noble, "However, I believe you have a lot to answer for."
The blue-eyed noble nodded, "Yes Kaname-sama."
All caring faded from Kaname's face as his eyes danced from noble to noble, "Now exactly whose idea was it to go against my orders?"
Ruka stepped up at that, "It was mine Kaname-sama."
His eyes narrowed, "Why?"
She looked up with tears in her eyes, "I just wanted to help you my lord! Kiryu was always in your way and I just wanted to remove him!"
"So you decided to drag the others down with you?" he asked.
"No Kaname-sama, we went of our own will," Kain stated as he stepped up beside the female vampire, laying his hand on her shoulder.
Kaname relaxed back into the couch, "Tell me what happened."
Aido raised his head to look at Kaname and began his tale, "We knew that you went back to your office and were speaking with Takuma so we didn't think you'd notice. We went after Kiryu but didn't expect for him to have Yuuki with him. I tried to get him to tell us what he did to cause your… altered mood, but he wouldn't say anything. Kiryu tried to get Yuuki to run but Ruka grabbed her and used her as a bartering chip against him. I didn't expect for her to get her though… After that though, we started fighting. I wanted to punish him according to the old vampire ways, by asserting dominance over him with a bite… But I lost control after not consuming real blood in so long… I didn't mean for it to happen like that."
"You do realize that Zero Kiryu is a hunter and does not know our ways? What did you hope to accomplish by punishing him according to laws he doesn't know?" Kaname asked.
"I… I don't know Kaname-sama… I was just so angry… Forgive me," Aido pleaded, not wanting the pureblood to be angry at him any longer.
"In the past two nights you have damaged Z-Kiryu based on your anger. Not only that, you went against my orders to leave him be and return to the dorm. Ruka, you went against my orders to never harm Yuuki… What do you all think would be a proper punishment for your transgressions?" though it was already decided, Kaname wanted to know what they thought.
"I don't know my lord, whatever you deem necessary," Ruka muttered.
Kaname nodded, "Very well then. Yagari, Cross, and I have already decided your punishments. Since it was Kiryu that you harmed, I took a page out of his book. Until I deem it no longer necessary, you five will be responsible for cleaning the restrooms on campus."
Aido, Kain, and Ruka's eyes all widened at that while Rima and Shiki just nodded. The two models had only gone along because they were bored and would gladly accept punishment for it, as long as it didn't truly affect their work. The other three nobles were astounded, they had never done a thing like that in their lives; they were always pampered by their families. However, they knew better to protest as they saw the look in Kaname's eyes, a look that allowed no room for argument.
"I-Is that all Kaname-sama?" Aido asked.
Kaname held his cheek in his hand as he grinned once more, "No, it is not. Due to certain circumstances that will be revealed later, Kiryu cannot be left alone. As such, you five will take alternating shifts of two in order to be his guards until it, as well, is no longer deemed necessary."
"Guard Kiryu!" all five asked at the same time.
Kaname's eyes glowed slightly at that, "I do believe that is what I said."
Aido gulped slightly at the look, "Whatever you wish Kaname-sama."
"Good… Also, before you get any ideas in your heads, no harm will come to Kiryu by your hands. I will know if it does. You are to protect him like you would protect me. Do I make myself clear?" Kaname asked his voice and eyes hard.
"Yes Kaname-sama," they all chimed as they bowed.
"Good, now get to class," Kaname ordered as he waved them away.
Once they were all gone, Kaien sighed, "That went better than I had thought."
"You really have them wrapped around your finger don't you pureblood?" Yagari huffed.
Kaname smiled, "They know better than to question me."
"So now what?" Kaien asked.
Kaname's eyes traveled to the bed, caressing Zero's face with his eyes, "Now, we wait."
END
A/N: There is the end of the chapter, which I hope you all enjoyed. I was going to put more violence in this chapter but I think Kaname hits Aido so much that the little blonde has gotten used to it. I wanted to be a little different, so I made them clean toilets and guard Zero :D Anyway, please let me know what you think!
Naruta13- Believe me, I was imagining Zero's reaction the second I thought of Kaname bathing him. I wanted Kaname to respect Zero a little more, so I had him protect Zero's dignity. Zero is 18 in the manga, but I made him 17 for reasons that will be revealed later on. I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
The-Demon-Rose- Don't worry, more Kagami and Zero talking will be in the next chapter, and he won't leave. I promise! I hope you liked the chapter.
ishala8- Lol, I couldn't see Kaname as a person to look at another nude when the other is unconscious. I believe he lives by some form of moral code. I'm glad you liked that :D
fujoshii92- I have plans for Zero's hunter status, but they will all be revealed in due time :D I hope you continue to enjoy!
Sasu-Sama' Sarukiji-Sempai- Lol, yes, his status rose; though it's more Kaname than Zero. I'm glad you like the story, and I hope you continue to do so.
queenruby987- Yes, Zero drank that much blood. Just think, he lost a lot of blood the first time around and the next time Aido almost drained his completely. So Kaname had to give him a looooooot of blood in order for his heart to start beating again. Also, Kaname will continue to give him blood until he wakes up, as stated in previous chapters. I have plans for Zero's hunter status/powers, but it shall all be revealed later. I hope you look forward to it :D
Love332- Lol, yeah. But it probably isn't every day that he has to change someone's boxers other than his own. I'm glad you liked it :D
Kistarus- Thank you :D I'm glad you are reading the story instead of skimming it. That makes me very happy :D :D :D I'm glad you like the story so far, and I hope you continue to do so.
snipits42- Yeah, Z's going to be a noble. He might be able to take blood tablets, but he might not. It's a surprise ;) I hope you look forward to its unveiling :D
Irmina- I'm happy that you liked that little twist, it honestly came out of midair :D As for Zero's thoughts… well… I'm not going to give that away ;) But believe me, he's going to be opinionated about it!
freakish88- Believe me, when that happens, hilarity shall ensue. I already have that planned out in my head! I hope you look forward to it!
SonamySistah96- Wow! First, thanks for the long review! I loved reading it. Also, thanks for liking what I did. Zero is just a kid, though it's hard to tell by his attitude and his maturity. I've always wanted Kaname to realize that, so I decided to put that in my story. I didn't mean to make you cry though, but hey, even I shed a tear at that. Thank you for being my loyal fan :D I greatly appreciate it. I hope you liked this chapter!
Sonzai Taz- I think Kaname and Zero's relationship would be full of misunderstandings, seeing as they are from two different worlds. Not the mention the nobles constantly being up his backside taking things the wrong way :( As for the noble thing, I know I explained it earlier, but no pureblood as ever tried it. I made up a law about it just to fit the story. Though Shizuka was "mad" I don't think she would have really tried it, as she only went mad after her lover was killed. So, that's the best explanation I can think to give; it's never been tried before.
REINA KERTA- Thank you very much! I hope you continue to like the story :D
xXBlackxxStarXx- Lol, I can imagine his face too. But Kaname was in his undergarments, not naked. I'm happy you liked the noble bit; I wasn't quite sure how it would be received. I hope you continue to enjoy the story as it progresses :D
ben4kevin- I suppose the others will have to respect Zero even more now ;) I hope you liked the new twist.
CrystelNightandFlameNight- I'm glad you liked the idea! I have a clear idea of how Zero will react to the bath :D I hope you continue to like the story.
Evangelion-Wings- Afflicted-sama? You're going to make me blush lol. I hope I can continue coming up with shocking twists for you :D I hope you liked the chapter :D
sweet Sonia- Zero's revenge on Aido should be coming the next chapter… or maybe the one after that :D I wanted Kaname to give Zero a little respect so I put that little bit with the boxers in there :D I'm glad you liked it. I hope you continue to like the rest of the chapters!
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THOSE WHO REVIEWED. ALSO, MANY THANKS TO THOSE WHO ADDED THIS STORY TO THEIR LISTS. ALL OF YOU MAKE WRITING THIS STORY WORTHWHILE!