Chapter 4 – Understandable and Explained Secrets
An hour after the attack.
Zero's Bedroom.
Zero had finished washing, well, standing in the shower and letting the blood freely run off his body, and dried himself as much as he could.
He got dressed in whatever clothing that was clean and nearest to him not bothering on how he looked.
He roughly dried his hair with a towel not making an effort to completely dry it. He chucked his towel across the room not caring on where it landed and he collapsed on his bed, laying down on his back and looking up at his ceiling, thinking.
**I will sometime fall to a level-e...there's no doubt about it...unless I drank her blood** Zero stopped thinking about her immediately, that pureblood vampire, as his neck started to sting in pain in the place the pureblood vampire bite from and where his tattoo is also.
Zero desired to rip that side of his neck all the time, and especially at that moment of time. And he knew that now was his only opportunity as Yuuki wasn't here to stop him.
Zero tightly gripped onto his painful side of his neck. "Yuuki..." he said remembering the site of her being carried away in Kaname's arms.
**I should go and see her** Zero jolted up. **although, she may not want to see him at that moment as she may still be traumatised by that awful experience...she may not want to see me ever again** Zero used his other free hand to place on his chest feeling the scared pounding of his rapid heart. His hand turned into a clutched fist. **I don't blame her, I deserve It.** Zero fell back onto his back again looking back up towards the ceiling. **I deserve all the pain, so I can make up for all the pain I have caused her.**
The infirmary.
The Chairman had seen to Yuuki wounds, by placing a plaster and white medical clothe on and around her neck. The chairman couldn't do anymore than this, although, he thought it would be reasonable if he stayed with her just in case something happened. And he couldn't change her blood
Yuuki started to move more every ten minutes, till she finally woke up, rubbing her head and trying to sort out her vision, which was blurry.
"Ah, Yuuki, I'm glad you woke up" said the soft, delicate voice of the chairman. "I was wondering when you was gonna get up." There was no humour in the chairman's voice.
Yuuki replied with a moan of confusion, presumably not remembering what and happened an hour ago.
Yuuki felt achy. Her muscles and joints were stiff, and she seemed to have a painful stinging, stiff neck. And that was when she remembered.
Yuuki automatically, whilst trying to ignore the pain that erupted (due to the movement), lifted her arm so she could lightly touch the side of her neck where Zero had drank from, seeing whether the incident or accident actually happened or was a dream.
Yuuki felt the soft, cotton bandages and she froze in fear of the reality.
"How do you feel Yuuki?" the chairman asked watching her carefully.
Yuuki raised her hand to place on her head, like she was trying to clear her mind from everything that she had remembered to try and answer the question the chairman had asked her.
"I feel a little painful and stiff..." she replied, but she couldn't clear her mind quick enough as she came out with what was on her mind mostly. "How is Zero? And where is he?" she said in worry.
It seemed Yuuki cared for Zero's matter and problem, more than her injury and stiff, aching body.
The chairman sighed. "Yuuki, don't worry about Kiryu-kun for the moment, we need to concentrate on you and your well being-"
"No that isn't true! I'm still alive aren't I?" Yuuki jerked up quickly sitting up on her bed, till she all a sudden yelped in pain and fell back onto her back.
"That's why we need to concentrate on you for the moment." The chairman said understandably to Yuuki whilst stroking her head.
Yuuki closed her eyes at the comfort of her own father stroking her head. But soon as she closed them, all she pictured was Zero's blood red eyes looking down at her. Yuuki immediately thought that she would open her eyes in pure shock and horror, but she didn't, she kept them closed also remembering the feel of Zero's bite. She grinded her teeth remembering the pain and then slowly opened her eyes with pure sadness written all over them. Her eyes started to water in pure guilt.
"Your not afraid of Kiryu-kun are you?" the chairman said whilst looking at Yuuki fearful of the answer after seeing the fresh tears forming in her eyes.
"No." Yuuki simply replied letting out a sigh and a tear which ran freely down her pale cheek. "I thought I would be, but I'm simply not... I can't be frightened of Zero, no matter what he had done, it wouldn't be right if I was, and it wasn't his fault that he turned out this way was it..?" Yuuki asked with hope that she would know the truth once and for all.
The chairman looked down at Yuuki's bed sheets and used the hand that stroked her head to place on her hand. "No, it was defiantly not his fault. And I think you should know what happened on that terrifying night you first met Zero." The chairman took a minute and then started to talk again.
"Zero's parents were vampire hunters who worked for the vampire hunters association. They were very good at their job and they got disposed bad vampires that they were asked to hunt down by the leader of the association at that time, so that the human race was still amongst good vampires and not in danger of those vampires willing to go against the rules. Zero also had a brother, an identical twin."
Yuuki gasped in shock, **Zero had an identical twin brother?** Yuuki thought not imagining, basically, two Zero's.
"I know this is all very hard to imagine Yuuki, but believe me, it's the truth, and I know it is because I was there that night, and I knew Zero's father and mother, very well even before hand. But anyway, moving on from that. Vampire hunters were and still are, prohibited to kill pureblood vampires, and this was made fair as we all know they are rare, although, if a pureblood vampire was causing a lot of trouble and un safety, it was discussed on whether it should be disposed of or not. Some pureblood vampires took advantage of this rule of them not being able to be killed, especially one pureblood vampire, and her name was Shizuka Hiou. She was formerly known as the 'madly blooming princess'. She recognised the good vampire hunter qualities and skills in both of Zero's parents and she wanted to get rid of them, so she could, what we can gather, can then carry out her plans with no hesitations or delays. She had these plans with another pureblood vampire, but I don't think I can go into his background just yet Yuuki, I need to have permission.
That night, Shizuka brutally attacked Zero's family un expectedly, and the attack didn't last long enough for a call for help, the hunter's association had to find out for themselves." The chairman put his head in his hands in distress, "and by the time we got there, meaning me and my past work partner Yagari Touga, it was too late. We found Zero unconscious with his two murdered parents, we couldn't locate Zero's twin brother. We are still thinking of ways he could have disappeared, but we mostly link his disappearance to Shizuka and her partner, we think they may have took him, and either kept him alive or human, and with this in mind, it seems that she chose Zero to become her cursed slave, meaning that it will always be her that controls Zero whenever or wherever they next meet. We also think that Zero has extra information about that night, but he hasn't felt confident or comfortable to tell and remind himself of them. And due to Zero once having a past life of humanity, you will not turn into a Vampire." The chairman finished his long detailed explanation, and then, finally, looked up at Yuuki, expecting her to look shocked, but instead, there were even more tears in her eyes which were eventually flowing lightly down her cheeks.
Yuuki closed her eyes in the horror of Zero's past life. "It turns out that Zero has been through so much more pain than I thought." Yuuki said still with her eyes tight shut to now prevent more tears. "No one deserves to go through so much horror and loss, especially Zero! All he has done is being caring, kind and brave. Although he doesn't show these emotions, you can still see it in his eyes, and no wonder why he can't show those emotions anyway! I wouldn't be able to deal with that pain and horror if I was in Zero's shoes, I wouldn't last, I wouldn't be strong enough, but obviously Zero is. He's the most strong, brave hearted person I know. I thought not knowing my mum was terrible. But comparing that to this, it's nothing, I didn't see my parents murdered and die in front of me, I didn't see my brother being taken away, and I have never been bitten by such a powerful-" Yuuki grinded her teeth in anger "Selfish breed! Which I can understand now why Zero hates them."
"Yuuki, please say that this hasn't changed your mind and opinion on vampires?" the chairman asked concerned.
Yuuki thought, and re-said the last few lines she said to the chairman and realised that she was angry, also alongside with Zero, at Vampires. And that was when she also remembered that her closest friend was a pureblood vampire... Kaname Kuran. This new attitude towards vampires automatically changed dramatically, she didn't want this, but she couldn't be angry at Kaname after all he had done for her.
"I don't like them, but only the bad ones like the two you described and told me about." Yuuki replied and then realised. "Are those two vampires...still alive?"
The chairman looked over to the infirmary door and listened to make sure no one was outside. He sighed. "They are thought to still be alive yes. And they are both being hunted down, and thankfully, they haven't caused any other attacks since Zero's parents. We don't know what this means, but we think there has been a change of plan if there was ever one."
Yuuki stopped breathing slightly. "And does Zero know of this?"
The chairman looked deep in her eyes and shook his head indicating 'no'. "Its Shizuka we have to be weary off, the other one, well, I can't really speak about him, I will give too much away if I told you." The chairman said.
Yuuki laid there traumatised at the thought of Shizuka still being alive and still being able to enter Zero's miseries again. Tears welled up in her eyes again.
"Yuuki, I think you have seen and listened to enough dismal secrets." The chairman got up from his seat and tucked Yuuki in gently. "You should rest, defiantly now that you're awake." He kissed Yuuki lightly on her forehead. "Try and get some sleep, and I think you would want me to go, you wouldn't want me watch you sleep now would you?" the chairman giggled quietly.
Yuuki smiled letting out a little laugh and watched the chairman open the door slightly before exiting the room. "But, I will be down every hour or so just to see how you're doing, but for now, try and have a good sleep or rest." The chairman said.
"Thank you father." Yuuki said smiling.
The chairman nodded at her reply and then exited the room closing the door behind him. He placed a hand on his face and quietly whispered "it's your turn next Kaname... and then it is mine, but mine doesn't need to be worried about just yet, till the times comes is when it does..." And then he walked away along the dark, moonlight corridor heading back to his office.