- Welcome, Yuki! – Cross`s voice echoed in the silence.
- Chairman…no…father. I`m home…
- I`m glad you`re here. – Cross moved closer and caressed his beloved daughter`s head. – Why isn`t Kaname with you? Is he..?
- Yes. I`m staying at the academy. Kaname understands my reasons. Besides… Zero is also here, again… Just like before.
"Just like before."- Nothing is as it was before. And it wouldn`t be.
The door slightly opened and a ray of light destroyed the darkness.
- Kaname-sama?- There was a serious note in Aidou`s voice. – Kaname-sama, I will bring Yuki-sama back, so you won`t be sad anymore.
Aido`s steps echoed across the hallway. He suddenly stopped and looked at Ruka`s face.
- Leave them to solve their own problems, Aidou! If Kaname wanted her back, she would`ve already been here.
Ichijou`s cheerfull face sticked out behind the corner.
- But Ichijou…
- Aidou! - Their eyes freezed on Kaname`s strait face. – Aidou… I have a favor to ask you all…
- Kaname-sama? – Said Ruka with quiet trembling voice.
- From now on I will walk the path on my own. I have no need for any of you to follow me. You are free to live in the world on your own.
- Kaname-sama, we…
- Aidou! You`ve done your work well but I don`t need you anymore.
The pureblood slowly walked down the stairs. The front door closed up and everything drowned in silence.
At Cross academy:
It was dark at Yuki`s room. Suddenly a strong thunder shacked the window and broken pieces of the glass shattered on the floor.
- Kaname! – The girl whispered. She looked up but there was nobody else in her room. The raindrops murmured over the ledge. – Kaname?
- Yuki! Are you alright? – Zero entered harshly into the room and his eyes were bloody red.
- Zero, what happened? – She ran to him and wrapped her arms around his body. – Zero? You…
- You can feel it, can`t you? The hunger inside me… - He snuggled her. – But this isn`t me, Yuki! This isn`t me!
- Zero, what are you talking about? Are you alright? – She was looking at him with her big dark eyes. – Zero… - She relaxed in his arms. – He`s gone… Kaname`s gone!
- Cross Yuki …no… Yuki-sama! We must find Kaname-Sama! – Aidou`s voice was trembling, and his eyes shined with the colour of blood.
Yuki was sitting on her bed and tears were streaming down her face. Kaname pushed away everybody and none of them knew what to do. She was the only pureblood – the last of the Kuran family. The fate of all vampires was now in only her hands. "I will not let them down!" – She thought. -"Kaname-Sama, I promised you once that I will do anything for you."
- Aidou-sempai, tell everyone to prepare. He cannot act like that even if he is the pureblood ancestor and founder of the Kuran family! – Zero shouted.
Yuki was feeling the wind in her hair and the memories of Kaname invaded her mind even more often. "I don`t want to remember you, Kaname-Sama…" – She thought.
The car engine was working loudly.
- Zero, are you sure you can handle it? – Cross Kaien had put away his sword for good this time.
- Chairman, despite how much Ihate vampires and especially Kuran Kaname, I prefer to help Yuki find him and weep no more. – Said Zero.
- And what if she chooses to stay with him? Both, Kaname and you, are very much alike – you both found her and then lost her once again…
- She`s a big girl and I`m sure she can make decisions on her own and there will be obstacles. If she want to remain by his side, she will do so, but right now she is with me and I will protect her!
Zero went out of the chairman`s office and a voice came out of the dark:
- Stop her, Zero. She cannot find me for it will kill her. Stop her or the past will once again occur. Stop her for you will not betray her…
- Kuran! – Zero`s voise echoed along the empty hallway.
Everyone was waiting for Yuki in front of the academy while she was saying goodbye to the chairman Cross.
- I hope I haven`t caused you any kind of uneasiness, chairman … no … father! – She smiled.
- You look like your mother, Yuki…
- Chairman..?
- She didn`t hasitate and took your father`s hand, Haruka`s hand… And now that you`re heading on a journey in order to find Kaname – Kun, you remind me of her a lot…
Yuki slightly let go of his hand.
- And Yuki… - Cross`s voice made her stop. – Sometimes the memories are not such a bad thing …
She smiled at herself and got into the vehicle.