HEY I'M BACK AND YUKI IS FINALLY IN THE PICTURE. Haha so please review :)
Yuki tried to fold the letters, but her fingers were trembling. She gave the attempt a second try, only to fumble and give up, leaving them to fall onto the ground. Yuki reached to wipe her nose, and realised that she had been crying.
She felt so stupid. She was Yuki, vampire slayer, guardian of the night, never flinched at the blood-thirsty fangs bared in her face, crying at a few pieces of paper. But she couldn't even bring herself to laugh. Or think. Or feel. Suddenly she just felt so numb.
Everything was as still as her. Only the snowy breeze blowing into her window. Yuki closed her eyes, and for a moment, she just concentrated on breathing. For now, that was all she could manage.
Slowly, she ran the facts through her mind. Her parents were vampires. She was a vampire. The creatures she had been hunting since she was eleven. A true-blood. Her mind reeled.
Kaname was her brother. Despite having only seeing him once, she could remember his face clearly. His dark, smooth hair, his eyes. Deep and tinted crimson.
Yuki's eyes flew open. Where was he now? She scrambled to pick up the letters, before gently aligning them together and neatly placing them back into the envelope. After leaving it sitting on the table, she dashed off to Chairman Cross' office.
"Just because I train vampire hunters doesn't mean that I am awake every hour of the day." Were the first words tumbling out of Chairman Cross' mouth. Until he rubbed his eyes and saw that it was his foster daughter who was at the door. And it occurred to him what he had handed her earlier in the day.
"Are you alright? What is it?"
To his perplexity, she smiled. "I'm fine, I just- May I come in first?"
"Of course! I'm sorry!"
When they were both comfortably seated in the living room, Chairman Cross gestured for Yuki to continue.
"I know you gave me the letter in the morning but I," Yuki shifted in her seat awkwardly, "I only had the courage to read it just a while ago, so I'm sorry for showing up here at this hour."
"No, its fine. I know how important this is to you. And you must be dying to know something to run here now."
"I just wanted to find out where Kaname is. And if- if he knows about me."
"He does. He never wanted to leave you, and even wanted to be the one to hand the letter to you himself."
"But?"
"He was summoned by The Elders to serve in the head council."
"Don't they know about h- our father?"
"Of course. The Elders know everything. But Kuran is still vampire royalty, more elite than the normal true-bloods, so instead of killing your bloodline off, why not use you?"
Yuki cringed. "So he's a prisoner there?"
"Something like that. But he is willing, as long as you're off the hook."
"That means that they know about me too?"
"No, no, if they did I don't know what they would do to you."
"But Kaname?"
"He's male."
Yuki allowed the answer to sink into her.
The Chairman gave her some time before continuing, "I know that you'd want to see him, so I was thinking of asking Zero to take you there. Tomorrow of course."
Yuki jumped from her seat, "Really? Chairman?"
Chairman Cross smiled at her excitement and nodded. "Retire to your room for now. I'd send you off tomorrow."
So white. Yuki couldn't take her eyes off the snow falling from the sky. It was so pure, so beautiful. It made her think of her mother, who named her after the pretty snowflakes. Slowly, she opened her palm and let them touch her skin, and she watched them, melting at her warmth.
"Let's go." Zero called, picking up their things.
Yuki obeyed, following him into the train. It was already a day since both of them have left the Academy. At the moment, Yuki had a lot on her mind. She was through digesting all she had discovered the day before but the emotions that came with realising she was on her way to meeting her brother, her soulmate again after all these years overwhelmed her. She sighed and stared out of the window. The snow seemed to be growing heavier.
Yuki woke up, suddenly aware that she had fallen asleep. She yawned and glanced outside. It seemed as though it was just minutes ago when the entire scenery was painted white. Now it was pitch black. Maybe it was the cold, for she still felt lethargy creeping in. Yuki was on the brink of dozing off until she noticed Zero's absence.
To the restroom, perhaps. Where could he possibly go at this hour?
She sat back and waited, struggling to keep her eyes open. Suddenly she heard a shrill scream, but it disappeared as swiftly as it had appeared. Yuki sat upright, wondering if it was her ears playing tricks on her. She contemplated finding the source of the scream, but hastily decided against it. She didn't want to get herself or Zero into any trouble that will hinder their journey. Soon, she was approaching slumber again.
Yuki felt warm. She lifted an eyelid with no sense of orientation. It dawned on her where she was, what day it was, and at that very instant, she was wrapped up in Zero. She discovered that she was sitting on his lap and had her head on his shoulder while his long arms were around her. She remained motionless as he had his head rested on hers. Silent, she listened to his breathing. It was almost comforting. Yuki felt like she was falling in love again. She tried to stop her heartbeat from increasing, to no avail. It was not helping that he smelt of fresh snow.
The memory of them then surfaced in her mind. Zero was always there for her when she felt lonely, abandoned. He was like a brother to her, until they both realised he was something more. He had kissed her. Tasted her tears, her cheeks, her lips. And there was no more turning back. She snuggled into his chest, and thought about how he had reacted when he found out about her and Kaname three days ago.
Being him cool self, he simply left the room. Only, when he returned, his hand was bleeding badly. And he walked right past her. Ignoring her when she tugged at his arm, crying. Now in his embrace, she knew his anger had completely dissipated. Zero woke up and looked at her. Yuki leaned forward to kiss his cheek, hoping that he had not seen the tear that had escaped her eye.
Their future together was gone.
The train journey never seemed to end. Yuki reached for the bottle of water for the thirst was getting stronger every minute. Weirdly, no matter how much she drank, her throat still felt parched. Blood.
Yuki was startled at the thought that entered her mind. But she was not a vampire. Not yet.
She stood up to look for Zero. He was nowhere to be found.
Her feet started to pick up pace, carriage after carriage was empty. She then heard a muffled scream. It came from the opposite end of the train. Yuki ran, trying to keep as quiet as possible, but her breathing was getting louder. Where is Zero?
She pushed opened the doors of the last carriage and stumbled back in horror. Blood was everywhere. And in the midst of it, stood Zero, holding an unconscious young lady. Yuki saw his eyes, bright scarlett. He dropped the female body that was still bleeding from the neck and slowly made his way towards her.
Yuki couldn't breathe. Couldn't move. All that came to mind were her mother's words.
I was not afraid of him, but I was afraid of what may happen that I may regret.
Still, I did not move.
Zero came closer, and he smiled with his fangs showing.
I saw fangs, protruding at the side of his mouth.
And they were stained with blood.
My blood.
"Well, it is about time you found out about me." Yuki heard him say, though his mouth barely made a sound, "Don't you want a taste too?"
He traced her neck with his fingertips as he went behind her. He stroked the same area where her main vein was. The wind blowed crazily. Yuki's heart was on the verge of exploding. She felt Zero reach down to her neck. She couldn't do anything but shiver. Instead of sinking his fangs, Zero kissed it. He whispered, "Did you know that I am a trueblood? I could take a bite and-"
and suddenly I felt a jolt.
Yuki found enough strength to overcome her fear and escaped his hold on her. She ran and ran and did not hesitate at the edge of the moving train.
She jumped.