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Okay, for those who didn't quite understand what was happening, here's an instant recap, don't worry, doing this isn't a hassle. I just love you guys way too much :D Hahaha. I just took out the more complicated parts of the story. :D
Enjoy.
Oh, please read my other Vampire fics too…
Words Of Silence – an edit of VK manga's chapter 60.
No Idea – Summer passion
I Have You – Love overtakes, and the sense of friendship fuels it all.
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight or the Greek myths.
Apollo - Zero Kiryuu
Artemis - Maria Kurenai
Athena - Yuuki Kuran
Perseus - Kaname Kuran
Hera - Juuri Kuran
Aphrodite - Shizuka Hiou
The story so far:
Zero(Apollo) goes to the human world to think after refusing his engagement with Shizuka (Aphrodite). And there, he crosses paths with Yuuki Kuran, the keeper of Athena's temple. Just as instantly as he saw her, he fell in love with her.
And around that time, he has been arranged to marry Athena, his half-sister. The two finds a common ground, the forbidden - falling in love with a mortal. He has grown to like Athena and at the same time get to know Yuuki more, his feelings for her becomes deeper-even mistaking her brother as her lover.
Everything goes in disarray when Apollo reveals he's in love with Yuuki, and Athena disapproves of it strongly-for a very reasonable reason ^~^.
Zero goes back to the mortal world and found out that the place where Yuuki and her brother lives is actually the banished Perseus' temple. Inside, he hears the conversation between the siblings and their mother. He learned about the unrequited love the siblings shared and discovered that their mother is actually Zeus' wife in human form- Hera.
As Zero left the place in rage, Yuuki catches up with him. Despite the tears Yuuki shows, Zero gets direct to the point and learns the truth from her…the truth that she's actually Athena, herself.
Chapter 6
I'm sorry.
Those were the words Zero last heard Yuuki say before she left him there on the swing, leaving him to absorb everything slowly. He clenched his hands.
How could it be? Yuuki was the mortal he fell in love with, and it turns out that she's one of the goddesses? What's more, the goddess he used to despise so much, and who was now the most trusted person in his life? Was this some kind of sick joke?
"Yuuki," Kaname said softly, knocking on her door.
"Leave me alone," came her muffled voice from the other side.
"I won't force you to say anything, but you better get back to Olympus. If Zeus finds out you're here, you might get in trouble."
"That's fine! Let him disown me! I'd rather become a useless human!"
"Yuuki,"
"Just leave me alone,"
Kaname leaned his forehead on her door and sighed, "You love him that much…"
It was silent for a while, and Kaname stood straight, thinking Yuuki might've fallen asleep, considering how tired she is. He was about to leave when she spoke, "I'm sorry, onii-sama,"
Kaname clenched his hands and smiled bitterly to himself, "I know Yuuki, I know."
Yuuki lay in her bed inside her dark closed room, she didn't bother opening the curtains to let some light in, nor open her bedside lamp.
Why is it that I'm always hurting everybody? Especially the ones I love?
Yuuki closed her eyes, Why did I fall in love with Apollo of all people?
When I first met him as Zero, I never expected him to be the childish and rash Apollo. I didn't expect him to be the Apollo I hated. Yes, I hated him. Father's most favored child, but despite that, he is so conceited. Going far as to provoke Zeus' name despite that. Him, being the favorite was already obvious; he was the only god who could ride on Father's chariot.
When I first met him in the woods in his mortal form…I wanted to deceive him, to take on revenge or something. Jealousy took over me at that time. I knew it wasn't the best solution, but I had everything planned out. My plans always work, especially when you have undeniable wisdom on your side.
But then…something went wrong…I never anticipated it. That mother would arrange me to be engaged with Apollo, the same time "Yuuki" became close with Zero. This made me get to know both his sides well…
And eventually my mortal self…Yuuki…fell in love with Apollo's mortal self, Zero. That was where everything went wrong. I knew things were developing, but I didn't stop. I had clearly forgotten my original objective…
Why do I have to be so messed up…?
Yuuki was about to sit up on her bed when suddenly she felt bounded, like something was restricting her from any further movement, her hands were stiff on her side and her legs won't respond to her brain's commands.
"Ah," she tried, good thing her voice worked. She whistled and her loyal owl entered her slightly opened window. Breathing soon became hard for her, as if she was being pressed down onto her bed strongly, she gasped, "Tell Onii-sama," she said in pain.
The owl looked at her intently, Who is doing this? It asked.
Yuuki shut her eyes tightly and changed her form into Athena, she gasped in pain once more. "I-it's him. You have…to warn Zero." And then she screamed out in agony.
Kaname heard her scream from the living room, he immediately ran to her room. "What happened?" when he jerked her door open, a strong gust of wind came out and Kaname was momentarily blinded. When he was able to adjust his sight again, he saw that his sister's bed was empty, only her owl remained, and it was on the floor, unable to take flight.
Kaname kneeled in front of it and when he touched it, the recent happening entered his mind. When he opened his eyes after looking into the owl's recent memory, his eyes were dark and cold as he clenched his hands, "Zeus."
"This isn't like me," Zero sighed, standing up. "Someone as cursed as me, being the favorite of the most powerful. I'm not worthy to find happiness." A tight clench was felt in his heart as he thought of forgetting about Yuuki.
When he was about to walk away, he froze. He felt a cruel yet cold presence which just swift by him. Wait, no, it wasn't a presence of anyone; it was more like something…strong. Like maybe someone's feeling of hatred or desire? Something like that. What was that? It was dark and black.
Zero sighed, but something stabbed his heart. How come when he tried to pretend that everything's alright…a stab is always there…like a punishment.
Suddenly a crow of his flew to him, Zero looked up and reached his arm out for the crow to land on, but instead, it flew straight to the ground, staggering.
"What…"
"Finally, it took a while before I could track you down." Kaname said with a strange dead voice.
Zero's hostility rose, "What did you do to my crow human?" he asked.
"I have no obligation to answer you. I have come here to give you a warning on behalf of my sister, you should be grateful."
Zero scoffed, "Grateful. Yeah, be grateful for that goddess for tricking me. Filthy."
Kaname glared at Zero, "Well then, I have no business with you once I tell you this; Yuuki has been held captive by Zeus."
"Zeus won't kidnap his own daughter."
"That's all I have to say. I don't have to explain the situation to you." Then Kaname turned around to leave.
Zero stood there uncomfortably, wondering whether he should believe what Kaname had just told him. Why would that filthy human even tell me about it?
"Onii-sama!"
Zero turned around at the voice of Maria. Maria was running towards him from the tress. He saw panic written all over her face.
"What's wrong?" Zero asked.
"Ichiru…he told me that Athena is being sent to the Darkness."
"Darkness?" Zero was stunned. Why would Zeus send his pure blooded daughter into the Darkness? The Darkness is a place of nothingness where criminals are being sent. "What did she do?"
Maria shook her head in dismay, "Even the reason is unclear, but I heard that she did something that Zeus forbade her to."
Zero looked at his sister darkly. Forbidden. Of course she did something forbidden. She was forbidden to meet his human brother after all, and what's more, she fell in love with him.
"Aren't you going to save her? Aren't you even the least bit worried?" Maria said in panic when she saw his brother shrug.
"She could be in eternal nothingness for all I care. The forbidden will remain forbidden. She should've used her Wisdom to see through that."
"But aren't you in love with her!"
Zero stared wide eyed at Maria know that Yuuki and Athena is only one person? How could she know when I just knew about it today?
Maria didn't meet her brother's eyes, "I…I knew about it beforehand…when Ichiru and I met…Asa-chan (the deer) told me…"
Zero glared at his sister.
"I'm sorry! I know it was wrong of me to not tell you, but I thought…if you love that person for real, why does it even matter who she really is? Whether a human or a goddess, love can't change!"
"Don't preach me as if you know everything about it!" Zero spat.
"But I know how it feels! Maybe not the same as how you feel, but I know!"
Zero glared at Maria speechlessly. He was too angry to form out coherent words. It's like everyone out there is ready to deceive me, everyone I trust seems to have lied to me.
Maria took a deep breath, and this time she spoke in a soft manner, "It really doesn't matter what form love takes Zero. If you love that person then nothing else matters, and you can't choose whom to love. I mean it's not some switch you can turn on and off. It's impossible for you…to not have seen the similarities Yuuki and Athena possess. You must've thought about it but just shook it away."
Zero's glare disappeared as realization dawned on to him. His sister is saying the truth…
There were times Yuuki talked about Athena as if she was talking about herself, there were times she slipped, but Zero ignored it.
"What do you want me to do?" Zero growled frustratedly.
"Go after her," Maria said it as if Zero's so stupid not to realize it.
"You mean go up there head on?"
Maria shook her head, "We need Kaname's help."
"What!"
"That's true,"
Maria and Zero spun around and saw Kaname with a woman, whose hair was silvery long.
"Shizuka!" Maria recognized.
"Great, now the team's here," Zero growled.
Darkness…
That was all Yuuki could see, but she knows this isn't the Darkness. Because if she was truly sent there, she's suppose to feel numb all over, but here, she could feel her wrists protesting as she pull them from her shackles which were on the wall.
Suddenly a door opened and she closed her eyes at the sudden brightness from outside, she opened them again only when the door has been closed.
"What a bad child you are,"
Yuuki shivered at the sound of the voice. She tried to turn into Athena but it was useless, after all, a goddess or a god changes to his mortal form whenever he is weak. Yuuki glared at the darkness.
"What do you want, Father." She spat.
"Truly a bad child. It seems you have followed your mother's footsteps. You deserve the same level of punishment as hers."
"What have you done to her!" Yuuki demanded.
"Oh, nothing you should have concern about at the moment,"
Yuuki's eyes were able to see her father as he lit up a torch. She glared at him steadily and she scoffed.
"You've taken in your human form, what is this? Pity for me?"
"No, let's just say I wasted too much energy upon punishing your mother."
"I can't believe you're really my father, Rido."
Rido laughed darkly, "You really have your mother's eyes. She glared at me like that when I threatened to do something to that human of hers, Haruka, is I remember the name correctly." He knelt down in front of Yuuki to be in level with her, "And you, my child. I have warned you to stay away from that banished brother of yours."
Yuuki looked away from him, "I love him, and you can't do anything about it. Mortals know how to love better than you!"
"Ha!" Rido said, standing up, "I should've ended Haruka's life from the start after all, if not, you won't be falling into the same state your mother has. Nor make the mistake of rebelling against me just for your childish fondness over the mortals."
Yuuki's eyes widened as she looked at him, "Don't you dare insult them!"
Rido looked at her with eyes telling her to challenge him further, "You are to be married to the son of Leto, Apollo, my favored son."
"I won't." Yuuki said firmly.
He chuckled, "As if you could resist the boy's charm. I've been watching you Athena, and it seems you're falling for him."
"I don't love Apollo!" Not Apollo! The person who has the greatest chance to capture my heart is Zero. Not his god form.
"We'll see…"
"So, basically, what will happen to Yuuki if she hasn't really been sent to the Darkness." Zero asked.
"Tortured. My doves have told me about what happened to Hera-sama, and I'm sure that's what's happening to Athena too." Shizuka said.
"And why is she here again?" Zero gestured to Shizuka, untrusting.
"I haven't done anything wrong," Shizuka smiled, but then her smile seemed to hide something that made Zero distrust her more.
"She's here, because she's the one who told us about what's happening to Athena. She's pretty good at charming her way." Maria said.
"And why were they together?" Zero asked, glaring at Kaname.
Maria shrugged, "He's the brother. Now anyway, how are we going to save Athena?"
"Well, I'm more than willing to go alone, but it seems I can't do so. Before we go up there, you have to hear the truth about our real parents." Kaname said.
"You mean you're dad is a mortal and Yuuki's Zeus. We all know that," Zero said, growing impatient, but then remembered what happened to his crow. Does that mean Kaname hasn't really been banished?
Despite Zero's impatience, Kaname's expression remained serene. "Actually," Kaname began, "We're really full-blooded siblings."
A/N: Please review. You guys, I'm really really really sorry for not updating soon! Sorry sorry sorry! Please review and tell me you forgive me…