Vampire Knight
Haunted
A VK Fanfiction
Night 2
There is a nice big house, on top of a hill.
No one ever goes there,
And no one ever will.
Until one day,
When the rain did fall.
A hero saved a girl, and changed her heart forever more.
The house that no one went into had an untamed garden, with dying bushes, dried out grass and abandoned trees. All except for one. A Sakura tree grew high into the sky, its pale pink blossoms seemed to glow in the rain, unaffected by the changing weather.
As Kiryuu Ichiru opened the door, a cloud of dust sprinkled the air. It didn't seem to affect either of them but it made me sneeze. The room beyond the door had no light, it was swallowed up by darkness. Once we passed the front door, there was another room with a large window that showed the landscape of the mountain, acting as the only light source in the empty room. There was nothing in the room, not even the walls had paint on or any form of decoration.
"Let the little one rest, dear Ichiru," the woman replied. She seemed to glow in the dark, but I didn't look at her for long. Every instinct in my body told me that she was dangerous, and I had to stay away from her but I wanted to be near Ichiru-kun, the man who saved my life.
"She shouldn't be here, Shizuka-sama," Ichiru snapped bitterly.
"Enough, Ichiru," the woman – Shizuka – replied. She seemed to float over to a sofa that seemed to be the only piece of furniture in the room. She sat down gracefully, patting the empty seat beside her, "Come. Sit beside me, Kai-chan."
My heart sprung to attention while I stared at the beautiful woman. She had long, glorious silver hair that bare down her small frame to her ankles. She looked like a doll come to life with her pale skin, beautiful pale red eyes and dark purple kimono. She had a powerful feel to her, with one simple order I swayed to the seat beside her and sat down.
She gathered my face in her hands, her skin was as cold as ice against my own. Her red eyes studied my face as if I was a book and she had a grand thirst for knowledge. I swallowed hard and that was when her gaze peered down to my neck.
"Shizuka-sama," Ichiru called out, "Do you need her?"
Shizuka dipped her head, buried it in the crook of my neck and shoulder. It felt like my heart would beat out of my chest when I heard her inhale, long and deep. She was drinking in my scent and I didn't know why but I was far too frightened to question it. She suddenly sat up, her hands on my face again, her fingers tracing over the landscape of my skin.
"She is good," Shizuka replied with a smile that did not reach her beautiful eyes. "But she is not ready…"
"Then you don't need her," Ichiru was in front of me, reaching down to grip my wrist and chase me from their home.
"No," Shizuka reached out, caressing Ichiru's hand as he held my shoulder. He looked at her while her eyes never left mine, "She is my precious guest. We're going to keep her here until she is ripe."
Ichiru ran his fingers through hair, he looked angry and frustrated that Shizuka would even dare consider keeping me inside this house. How could I even come inside this house! Ichiru looked very upset but waved it off and stormed out of the room, and I was left alone with Shizuka Hio.
"Kai-chan," Shizuka called me and I forced myself to look at her beautiful pale red eyes. She held my face in her hands again, her fingertips searching for something that the eye couldn't see. She had a small secret smile on her lips, as if she knew something that I did not, "You look someone we used to know…"
"Used to know?" I spoke. My voice was hoarse. My throat was raw and I was still trembling, although it was now from the cold rather than from almost being hit by a car because I was too busy listening to my mother complain. My eyes went wide, "Mother! She'll wonder where I am! She'll come looking for me!"
"Easy, easy little girl," Shizuka tucked some of my hair behind my ear. "Leave for today. Come back tomorrow. You will be welcomed with open arms."
I blinked, never taking my eyes of the beautiful woman in front of me. My heart was still pounding behind my chest and I felt my cheeks get hot all over again, "Will Kiryuu-kun be here?"
Shizuka's smile never faltered, although the darkness behind her eyes seemed to swallow what little light she radiated. She let go of my face and stood up, "Ichiru will be here, too. I promise," she turned to me and held out her hand. "But you must promise to come back tomorrow, alright?"
"Yes, of course!" I bounced to my feet and took Shizuka's hands in mine, "I will definitely come back tomorrow!"
Shizuka smiled and gestured to the door, and it opened to its own accord. I took one last look at Shizuka before I ran out the door. As I left, it slammed shut behind me. I turned to look at it, but when I tried to open it, it was locked.
The rain was harsh, but I'd never felt happier. I ran away from the house, smiling, and excited to come back tomorrow to see Ichiru-kun! Before I turned the corner, I looked up at one of the windows to see Ichiru standing inside, peering down at me. I gave him my best smile but it faltered a little when I saw that Shizuka appeared behind him, slowly wrapping her arms around his waist and whispering into his ear. I turned to leave just as lightning flashed across the sky, wiping away the image of the strange couple in the strange house.
Ichiru threw the knife. It sliced the air with one clean cut and landed on the mantle above the fireplace, right beside Shizuka's head. Ichiru froze and stared at the woman who had ensnared his heart, tangled it into a complicated web.
"Shizuka-sama––"
"You seem upset that I have brought you a playmate, Ichiru-kun," she sang in her soft delicate voice. She ran her fingers along the blade that stuck out of the mantle, slicing her fingers as she went. Blood pattered onto the blade, while escaped droplets fell down and stained her kimono, "She won't be here for long…"
Ichiru didn't answer. He watched Shizuka with careful eyes as she took slow steps towards him, watching the blood stain her porcelain skin. She raised her hand before his face, her sliced open fingers touched his lips, smearing her pure blood along his pale lips. Ichiru snatched her hand.
"Why did you invite her back?" he demanded. It was very rare that he got so rough with the woman who had saved him and made him stronger, and yet she always tested his patience. Again and again, hoping to break him down until he would serve her no more.
"She won't be here for long, Ichiru. It will be in your best interest. She might be the one to keep you company while this body of mine sleeps for a while," Shizuka responded. She caressed Ichiru's face with her free hand, studying him carefully, "Just for a while, ne, Ichiru?"
"I don't need anyone else! You'll still be here!" Ichiru shouted, although Shizuka never faltered. She stared at him and then giggled, "You don't need to see him, Shizuka-sama."
"Oh, but we must," Shizuka admitted softly. She leaned in close to Ichiru, her cold breath on his neck. His skin was warm against her own, she opened her mouth and licked the precious vein that danced beneath his beautiful skin, "You could join him, if you like, sweet Ichiru."
"Yes," Ichiru gasped.
Shizuka giggled and stepped away from him, "But then you could need your playmate more than ever," she pulled up his collar. "And I would never do that to you."
"Then stop teasing me," Ichiru threw the blade, past Shizuka's head and straight into the mantle, beside the knife he'd thrown. His violet eyes burned with rage as he stared her down, "It's always him! Always him! He's all you think about, all you talk about, and all you wonder about! While I am here! I've always been here! You know I would be better at it and yet you still refuse to––"
"Enough, Ichiru," Shizuka said. And even though she said it gently, Ichiru froze while fear licked at his skin, like thousands of spiders were crawling upon him. Shizuka turned back to the mantle, "It seems that our new playmate has a little crush on you. You seem to be more like him than you think," she plucked the knife that bare her blood from the mantle and inspected the sharp blade, "You should definitely be there tomorrow. If you aren't there, then she will not return. And I want her there when she is ripe."
"So she's more your playmate than mine," Ichiru snapped angrily.
"She will keep you company while I am busy making preparations for this weak body," Shizuka threw the knife at Ichiru but he caught it effortlessly, although it did slice one of his fingers. Shizuka was already around the corner. She leaned against the doorframe and smiled, "She's the spitting image of her. Ne, Ichiru?"
Ichiru didn't answer her and continued to throw his knives at the wooden mantle while Shizuka vanished upstairs towards her bedroom where a young girl was staring at herself in the mirror, pulling at her purple hair.
Shizuka appeared behind the girl, curling the girl's hair between her fingers. Her eyes were glowing a bright red as she leaned her face close to the girl and peered at their reflection in the mirror, "Shall we try again, Maria?"
A/N: So here is chapter 2 and they are a little bit shorter than what I normally scribble down. I have no idea if I am going to change that or not. Do you think I should?
Anyway, while writing this - all I can hear is Shizuka's voice in my head. She's kind of a 'forgotten' character now I think but I actually think she's really important to how Zero turned out to be. And I also love the way she says Ichiru's name. It just gives me shivers.
So longer chapters or keep it short and sweet. Its something to consider...
Anyway, please READ, REVIEW, FOLLOW AND FAVE.
Okay, bye.