Chapter Three
Outing
The following morning found an excited Yuuki, smiling Kagome, and an annoyed Zero, walking through the town and picking out the supplies needed for Kagome's new life at Cross Academy. They had been shopping for the past hour, and it was almost lunchtime.
Kagome was enjoying her time with her new family, and she couldn't wait to get home and try on her new clothes! After a quick lunch, they continued their previous shopping. They remained in town for a few more hours, before deciding that they had enough and began their trek home.
It was almost dinnertime by the time they reached their home. As they came closer to the Chairman's house, they could smell the beginnings of a... meal. The minute Zero smelled the Chairman attempting to cook one of his... "special" dinners, he dashed to the kitchen to take over. He did not want his new sister to be poisoned. Kaien put up a fuss about Zero ruining his dinner, but forgot about it the moment Kagome and Yuuki stepped inside. As Kaien approached the duo, Kagome excitedly began to tell him all about their day and all of the clothes and other supplies they bought. Even going so far as to drag him to one of the bags and making him help her find a certain item. To say that Kaien loved his new daughter, would be a major understatement. He was surprised at how well Zero accepted her though, and it made her all the more precious to him.
He was sure that raising a pure-blood child would be different then the other two children he raised, what with the drinking blood thing and all. He was glad that vampire children did not feel the need to drink until they went through puberty. So he had a few years yet, by that time he hoped she had gotten over her fear of vampires. Because he did not know a thing about a female vampire's needs, and he would rather not have that problem on his hands.
Dinner was finished a few minutes after Yuuki had helped Kagome put all her clothes in the washer so she could sleep in fresh pajamas and have clean clothes to wear in the morning. They ate their meal and Kagome helped clean the dishes once they were finished. Around nine pm, Kagome was beginning to nod off. The night before Kagome had slept on the couch in the living room, and Yuuki slept in her room in the house instead of going back to the dorm. Yori, her roommate, understood, but stated that Yuuki would have to introduce her to Kagome soon.
Tonight, though, Kagome had her new room. While they were out shopping, Kaien had cleaned out of their storage/guest room, and made sure it was safe for a young seven-year-old vampire child. Changing into her new pajamas, Kagome crawled onto the bed after saying her goodnights. The rest of the household retired an hour later after working on homework and conversing lightly about their day.
Kagome was lying in bed, awake, as she felt Yuuki head back to her dorm, and Zero to his. The Chairman had gone to his room and was snoring rather loudly. Half an hour later, Kagome crawled back out of bed, grabbed the small stuffed bunny Yuuki had given her, and made her way out of her room. Taking extra caution not to wake up her new father, Kagome silently and stealthily made her way to the front door. Clad only in her puppy dog pajamas and blue fuzzy slippers, Kagome made her way to the men's dormitory, determined to find Zero's room.
It was a dark night, but Kagome could see clearly, she was not afraid as most children her age would be. Instead, she was calm. Her senses told her what was around her, and as the only live being was a small bug a few feet away and all the plants, she had nothing to worry about. Coming upon the men's dorms, Kagome creeped up to the door and used her powers to unlock it from the inside. Happy that her plan actually worked, Kagome did a little jump in the air, before quickly moving inside and re-locking the door.
Moving through the numerous halls and up a staircase or two – she lost count after she got lost down a few corridors and had to retrace her steps a few times – Kagome finally felt Zero's aura signature on the other side of a door. Smiling a triumphant grin, Kagome practically ran to the door and knocked on it softly. When she saw that no answer was forthcoming, she knocked a bit harder. About to knock again after receiving no reply for the second time, Kagome paused when she heard the shuffling of fabric and the crash as he fell to the floor.
Gazing curiously at the door, Kagome waited a few more moments as the door opened and a disheveled looking Zero appeared. His white long-sleeved sleeping shirt was in disarray and he was panting marginally. Bracing himself on the doorway, he looked to see who had disturbed his sleep. As he was preparing himself to yell at the person who awoke him, his tirade was forgotten as he saw just who exactly was at his door.
His lavender eyes focused on the small form of Kagome as she stood before him in her light blue pajamas, clutching the small bunny to her chest. He blinked his eyes and opened them again, but the image didn't change at all. She still stood there, in front of his dorm room, at night, in her pajamas, holding the bunny. The only question that was running through his head was, why in the world was she there?
Voicing his thoughts, Zero asked grumpily, "Kagome what are you doing here?"
Flinching a bit at his tone, thinking she had upset him. Kagome practically whimpered out, saying, "I couldn't sleep. So I found your room to ask you if I could sleep with you?" Her statement came out as a question, as she looked up to him with imploring eyes.
His normal response would have been "no," and to tell her to go sleep with the Chairman, but he could tell that she was tired, and she had come all that way to sleep with him. No one, save his brother, had done that. But then again, he would never allow anyone to do so. Sighing as he ran his hand through his sleep tousled locks, Zero looked at Kagome's eyes, that were beginning to tear up, and he knew that he would never be able to stay no to her. Giving another sigh, Zero moved out of the way and allowed her entrance.
She looked up at him with surprise and question. Was he really letting her stay? Seeing his nod, Kagome smiled and gave him a hug before running toward the bed, jumping on it, and kicking off her slippers. Zero closed the door and prepared to sleep on the end of the bed, as most children tended to take the very center and leave nothing else. He was surprised to see her waiting patiently at the end for him to climb in. Zero moved to his bed and slid under the covers. As soon as he was comfortable, he felt the bed move as Kagome came to lie by his side. Scooting over to give her a bit more room, Zero watched as she moved the blanket and made herself comfortable at his side. She was fast asleep in seconds and he found himself lulled to sleep by her soft breathing and relaxing scent.
They slept peacefully for the remainder of the night, neither of them realizing the chaos that the morning would bring at the discovery of the Chairman's new daughter missing.