Vampire Knight

Haunted

A VK Fanfiction

Night 4

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.

To her, he was kind, brave and strong,

She was foolish, weak and young.

And with just one word, her fragile heart was gone.

The witch that stayed there knew the girl well,

Knew her head and her heart longed for the hero.

So the witch spun a web, using the hero to cast her spell.

It was a rare sunny day, and Shizuka decided to sit outside. Ichiru held the umbrella above her, to protect her perfect skin from the suns violent rays, but to me it seemed like she enjoyed being outside though it looked like she couldn't be outside for long.

However, the longer I stayed here, the more I noticed that the beautiful Shizuka seemed to be growing weaker and weaker as each day passed, and it was to such a dramatic extent that if she sat down long enough and wanted to stand up, Ichiru would have to either help her or carry her.

"Is Shizuka-sama sick?" I asked.

"It's none of your concern," Ichiru snapped at me as he ducked back inside the house.

I watched him walk away. I had been coming here for almost two weeks, but still Ichiru did not warm up to me. Although he saved my life, Ichiru didn't want a thing to do with me. It was rather sad. I wanted to spend time with my hero, but instead I found myself growing closer and closer to Shizuka-sama who just seemed to grow more and more distant with each passing day.

"Kai-chan," Shizuka called. I turned to her, seeing her smiling up at the warm sky. "Do you like Ichiru-kun?"

I felt my cheeks get warm, I suddenly felt too hot under my collar, "Oh, I…I think he's cute! He saved my life, so of course I would find him attractive."

"Would you find him attractive even if he hadn't saved your life?" Shizuka asked as she began to twirl the umbrella stick in her hands.

I thought about it. Kiryuu Ichiru had lovely violet eyes, they were dark and mysterious and seemed to pierce my heart right through to my very soul. He had a handsome face but there was something even more beautiful behind his frown. I think if he were in my school, attended my school – we could've been together.

"I think I would like him no matter what," I admitted softly, feeling my cheeks burn up again.

"I see," Shizuka rocked on the chair, never taking her eyes off of the sky. "If Ichiru was a student at your High School, do you think he would like you?"

I sat straight up, "Of course he would. Ichiru-kun is intelligent, strong and kind. A man who saved my life twice! If he did attend my school, it would make sense that we would be together! I am perfect! A top student! Why wouldn't he like me?"

"Perhaps you should go ask him," Shizuka gave me a kind smile. "There is no time like the present to see if someone admires you. You never know what he could say."

"Do you think he'd like that, Shizuka-sama?!" I was on my feet in an instant. "Perhaps, I'll confess to him at my High Schools' fair tonight!"

"You'll never know if you don't ask," Shizuka reached out and took my hand. I could feel that she had a little bit of strength but not as much as I was used too. I looked at her beautiful face, "Good luck, Kai-chan."

"Thank you!" I kissed Shizuka on her cheek and raced into the house and up the stairs. I had never gone up stairs before, so I was surprised to see that it was even darker and emptier than below. I found that all the doors were closed but only one had a light streaming through from the bottom of the door.

I burst through the door only to find Ichiru being hugged by another girl, who seemed more doll-like than Shizuka-sama. She and Shizuka shared the same hair colour and flawless skin but her eyes were like Ichiru's. Ichiru didn't chase her off, didn't send her away. Instead he picked up the girl as if she weighed nothing and carried her to the bed.

"You aren't supposed to be in here!" Ichiru scolded me, "What are you doing here?"

"Ichiru-kun, who is that girl? Is she a friend?" the girl asked, looking at me with large violet eyes as if she hadn't seen another human before. She coughed a little and Ichiru crouched beside her, tucking her in bed, "Can she stay?"

"No, Maria. She can't," Ichiru pulled the covers over Maria's head and forced her to lie down, "Because you've been running out of bed, you've been getting sick again!"

"But I want to play," the girl – Maria – chuckled as she poked her head out of the covers but Ichiru was already storming in front of me.

He pushed me out of the room, slamming the door behind him and locking it. He glared down at me, "What the hell is wrong with you?! Didn't your parents teach you to knock?"

"My parents taught me very good manners! And I went to etiquette school," I snapped back. Of course, I didn't mean too, but it just slipped out. I covered my mouth with my hands to hide my rude mouth but Ichiru just stared, "I'm sorry."

"What do you want?" he demanded angrily.

"I wanted…I wanted to invite you out tonight. To a fair!" I said excitedly, "Shizuka-sama––"

"I am not interested," Ichiru pushed past me, forcing me into the wall as he moved down the stairs to go back to where Shizuka-sama was seated outside.

"But, Shizuka-sama said you would––"

I was shocked to see Shizuka-sama appear downstairs, as if she manifested from thin air, stopping Ichiru right in his tracks. Ichiru broke away from her gaze and suddenly the tension between the towards blatantly clear. She smiled up at him, "Ichiru-kun, I want you to take Kai-chan out tonight."

"No," he snapped angrily.

"That was not a request," Shizuka snapped back. She reached out and put a hand on his shoulder, "Take her out tonight while I prepare for our departure."

"Departure?" Kai asked, "Are you going somewhere?"

"Do not worry about it now, Kai-chan. For the time being, we are here," Shizuka soothed me, but my heart felt uneasy. Why would they leave after appearing so suddenly? Shizuka held out her hand to me, "Come here, Kai-chan."

I strolled down the stairs and gave Shizuka my hand. She pulled me close to her and her pale red eyes met mine. I peered beside me, Ichiru was now frowning, arms crossed over his chest. Shizuka cupped my face, forcing me to meet her pale red gaze. As I stared into her beautiful eyes, I realized I actually had so many questions. Questions that were never answered. Like who Shizuka said I looked like, and why she never left the house and why Ichiru killed that man and the girl upstairs––

What girl upstairs?

"Kai-chan, can Ichiru take you out tonight?" Shizuka gave me a bright smile, exposing perfect white teeth, "I'm sure he'd appreciate the company."

I grabbed her hands and smiled, "Of course! But then Shizuka, even though you cannot go out now, you have to promise me that you will come next year!"

Shizuka's eyes seemed sad all of a sudden, but she wiped it away with another smile. She kissed my forehead, "Of course, my dear Kai-chan. But for now, go out and enjoy yourself," her eyes darted over to Ichiru. "Ichiru, make sure you keep Kai-chan happy."

Ichiru never even glanced at her, he just gave a solid nod and turned to leave but Shizuka grabbed his hand and glared at him. It seemed that some telepathic conversation transpired between them because his head dipped in defeat. Ichiru lashed out and grabbed my hand, dragging me away from Shizuka and out of the house. I looked over my shoulder to see Shizuka standing in the doorway with a little version of her coming down from the stairs. Shizuka turned to the little girl and the door slammed shut behind her, closing her off from my view.

I'd seen that girl before, but I couldn't remember where. And when I tried to think of it, I got a headache. I shook my head, trying to gather my thoughts and that was when I realized that Ichiru was holding my hand as he led me to the fair. I smiled up at Ichiru, noticing that he had pulled his hood up once again to hide his beautiful face from the outside world…

I wonder why he did that…

Ichiru had never been to a fair before. He'd tried once or twice but had always gotten sick right before it was time to go. And once when he was healthy, he had missed it because his father was late and the fair had already closed up, so he'd never gotten the chance.

He wasn't excited now though, despite the fact that he was strong and healthy. He was angry that Shizuka-sama had placed the burden that was Satori Kai on him while she was busy prepping for her big move. He should've been helping her, but by playing with this annoying little girl, in a way he was. But he hated being away from Shizuka.

"Oh look! A Ferris wheel!" Kai exclaimed, "Shall we go on it?"

Ichiru never answered her as she dragged him to the ride. Kai rushed him into the cart and he sat down opposite her and peered out of the cart. It was a normal school fair with an overflowing amount of food and game stalls and kids running around in uniforms and normal clothes. Families were running around, screaming and cheering while large and thrilling rides whirled around the field. Shizuka had probably never been to a fair…it would've been a grand experience for her…

"Do you think Shizuka-sama would like to come next year?" Kai asked as she suddenly appeared beside him.

Ichiru had laid his arms out at the back of his seat, if any onlooker peered into the cart it would have looked like he was trying to wrap his arm around Kai, but there was no attraction for him. Her hair and her eyes and hell, even a little bit of her attitude and the way she presented herself made it impossible for him to see her as a woman he would find attractive or as anything other than an annoyance and a game for Shizuka.

Kai pouted, "Ichiru-kun never talks."

"Because I don't want to talk to you," Ichiru replied, pulling his arm back from around her.

Kai frowned, crossing her arms over her chest, "Is there anyone you talk to other than Shizuka-sama?"

"Not anymore," Ichiru replied.

Once upon a time, in a life that seemed like it never existed, Ichiru had many people he could talk too. But one by one they vanished and became nothing but tainted memories that he would like to forget, but sometimes sneaky thoughts creeped into his mind and made him wonder about ridiculous things. Like, he wondered what his beloved twin would think of this tedious ride. Or that stupid Hunter, how would he try and make Ichiru cry on this ride? He even wondered if a certain girl would act now that Kai was sitting next to him––

And speaking of sneaky thoughts, sneaky habits were sparking in his nervous system again and he could sense a Vampire somewhere down below. A Level E Vampire that was no doubt bound to cause some trouble…

"Has Ichiru ever had a girlfriend?" Kai asked.

"What does it matter to you?" Ichiru demanded. "You don't have to talk."

"But the ride stops every five minutes for five minutes. It's customary for people to admit they love someone on a Ferris wheel!" Kai admitted. Her cheeks turned red and Ichiru rolled his eyes.

"If it's customary, it sure as hell wouldn't be you up here with me," Ichiru snapped back.

"Would it be someone else, then? Like Shizuka-sama?" Kai asked but Ichiru never answered. He was staring out of the cart, at another before him, trying to force his Hunter instincts down and ignore the Level E below. Kai moved closer to him, "Shizuka-sama asked, that if Ichiru was in school with me, would he like me? I told her that you would––"

"Well, you would be wrong," Ichiru said. He turned to Kai and saw her hurt expression but that did not stop him from speaking the truth, "I wouldn't like someone like you. A girl who knows exactly what they want, but are too self-obsessed to get it. A girl who would be angered by the slightest thing and who would hate imperfection and work on ways to get rid of it. A girl like you who has a wicked heart has no future."

"And how do you know I have a wicked heart?" Kai demanded.

"By the way you speak of your classmate Kira, who by the sounds of it, is just concerned about you and is trying to be your friend but you keep shutting her out," Kai was on her feet now, glaring at Ichiru who's expression did not change, "A girl like you doesn't deserve a kind man, not even a wicked man! You deserve no love at all!"

Kai cursed and reached out and slapped Ichiru across his face. Of course, it didn't hurt him and he probably deserved it, but Ichiru just didn't care. He was done with Kai and her need for constant self-assurance and pity and quite frankly he was surprised that Shizuka could listen to her constant complaining and hadn't made a move to kill her yet.

The Ferris wheel finally descended and Kai ran off, leaving Ichiru on his own. He slowly stood up and decided to head back home because this was not fun for him. As he walked through the fair, he noticed many families with small children playing games and eating some of the food and he was expecting to feel guilt claw at his heart but he felt nothing, not even a pang of regret for what he had said to Kai––

Ichiru cursed when someone ran into him, knocking him over and onto the hard floor. He cursed, sitting up with a kid draped over his lap. The kid must've been around thirteen or fourteen, dressed in a warm jacket with a yellow beanie on his messy hair, and he was reaching for a Frisbee that was beside Ichiru's hand. He looked up at Ichiru and scrambled to his feet.

"Oh, excuse me, Mister," he stood up and bowed to Ichiru, "I'm really sorry! I didn't see you!"

"Jinn!" another boy ran up to the kid, and it looked like an exact replica of him, except this kid wore a blue beanie. Ichiru knew more than anyone else that this kid was his twin, but Ichiru hadn't seen another pair of twins before. The brother stood beside his twin, "Sorry, Mister. I threw it too hard."

Ichiru stared at the pair, exact replicas of one another but of course they were nothing like him. He crouched down and picked up the Frisbee, "Its fine. Just watch where you're going okay?" he handed it to the kid that ran into him and stared at the other, "And don't be rough on your little brother."

The twin gasped and shared the same look as Jinn, "How did you know that Jinn was the youngest?!"

Ichiru shrugged, "I'm a twin myself. Call it Twin-ception."

"Yinn," Jinn turned to his twin, "Isn't that cool! That means we wouldn't be able to switch around with you like we do our parents."

"I'd be able to tell," Ichiru replied. He made sure that hood stayed up and that he stayed hidden, from Vampires, from Hunters and from Kai. He looked at the twins, Yinn and Jinn and shooed them off, "Play nice with your little brother."

"If I did that, he wouldn't grow up to be as strong as me," Yinn grabbed Jinn's shoulder and they started running back to where two adults were waiting for them. They looked like their father, but seemed to have their mother's smile. Those words seemed to sound familiar to Ichiru but he couldn't remember his twin ever saying it.

Ichiru watched as their parents greeted them with open arms and then his gaze caught something interesting. It was Kai, in the middle of a massive fight with another girl. It looked like the girl was trying to keep Kai from going into some massive tent, but Kai was fighting the girl with fists. Eventually the girl let her go and seemed to search the crowd for something or someone…

And followed Kai inside. Ichiru frowned and turned to leave, until his stupid instincts told him to turn around. Ichiru turned back to the tent with the roll of his eyes and his frowned deepened when he sensed another Level E closer to him, growing further away and then he caught sight of a man wearing a hood, hiding his face just like Ichiru was. The man went inside the tent without so much as second thought, and the family of twins followed him.

Ichiru cursed and looked up to see that the tent was a make shift house of horrors and if a Level E entered the premises, there was bound to be real blood soon enough. And Shizuka was going to be pissed if Ichiru had let Kai die by the hands of some damned dirty blood like a Level E.

"Dammit," Ichiru made sure that his hood was secure around his head as he stalked in after the Level E, but he had a small smile to himself because he knew no one would expect weak little Ichiru going after a scary Vampire, "The Kiryuu Clan would be proud…"

A/N: Another short chapter and I got another review! Oh, how I love those!

Okay, confession time: I cannot - CANNOT - WRITE ABOUT THE KIRYUU FAMILY, my heart just breaks for them because I gave personality to Mama and Papa Kiryuu and I just love the twins so damned much! Especially Zero. Sorry Ichi.

Anyway, this may or may not be a filler and I'm not sure how many chapters there will be but thank you to PikaPown for the INCREDIBLE review and to you, and all my other readers I hope you continue to enjoy Vampire Knight: Haunted!

Please continue to read, review, follow and fave for more and talk to me, tell me your emotions. I love reading about the feels that meh stories give you! That is all for now!

k, Bye!

- SBDI

Also, if you are bored, I have MANY, MANY Vampire Knight stories (most are incomplete because of meh laziness or I've lost the plot) and I have an Ichiru x Shizuka One-Shot, too!

Reviews for these stories are welcomed and appreciated GREATLY!

K, bye. Again. -_-"