Chapter Nine - Something Very Unexpected
Yuuki yawned waking up from a perfect nights sleep and forgetting her dream, and opened her eyes to Zero's perfect body still close and holding onto her, she smiled again rubbing her eyes and then looking up to Zero seeing he was still awake. Seeing this, she dared not to move and stayed put at where she was in Zero's arms, which she had no complaints too. But to her disappointment, it wasn't long till Zero started to stir and awake.
"Mmmm..." Zero moaned smiling tightening his grip on Yuuki and then opening his eyes remembering what happened, and loosened his grip quickly still smiling down at Yuuki. "Are you okay now Yuuki? You gave me a scare last night." He asked simply looking into her dark brown eyes.
Yuuki nodded smiling back into his ivory eyes. "I'm sorry if i did worry you, I just... just had a bad dream on something i feel i should say sorry for." She half smiled and looked away guiltily again. Yuuki hated how these small things can get her down easily.
"Sorry about what Yuuki?" Zero asked casually concentrating on her.
She shook her head. "Don't worry, its stupid, you know how i can easily get distressed" she chuckled. "But thank you for coming with me on this break, i don't know what i would do with my father." She smirked. "But I'm so sorry if i have been annoying and pushy, i just get too excited."
Zero giggled as well "Yeah, we all know and experienced that"
"Oi you!" she laughed and tugged on a strand of his silver hair playfully.
"Ow!" Zero laughed holding his head now. "But no, Yuuki, its understandable that your excited so don't worry about what other people of complain about, as long as your happy."
Yuuki beamed at Zero, for once, she accepted that she should care for her own feelings in this case. And zero looked surprised that she didn't argue back.
Both still laid there, neither of them not wanting to move.
**Zero probably wants to get up now, but i don't want to, i don't know whether i will ever have a chance like this again.** Yuuki sighed miserably, but didn't want to give into what she knew was best and she stayed where she was and asked Zero instead.
"I'm sorry Zero let me move for you?" Yuuki asked sweetly.
Zero struggled, he didn't want to move either, but he knew that Yuuki probably felt awkward which was not at all true.
"Urmm, sure if you want Yuuki." He finally said through his clenched jaw. But no movement was made, it was only five minutes later movement was present between the two and it is when Yuuki had got up and made her way to the bathroom as an excuse not actually having a point of going into the bathroom, and therefore stood within it bored and quiet thinking of the wonderful night she had.
Zero also laid quietly in bed and though of his decent night sleep. He was amazed and over the moon at having that experience again, but he never wanted to admit it. Zero shook his dramtically like he was shaking the thoughts out of his head. **Stop this, nothing will happen, she doesn't feel the same way as i do, and of she did it would be for Kaname Kuran** Zero snarled at his murderous thoughts with his eyes turning slowly crimson red. He gripped and clenched his fist in the covers of the bed also clenching his jaw, and at that second, Yuuki had left the bath room after some thoughts.
"Zero I – " Yuuki looked up at Zero shocked, with a shiver that quickly ran up her spine and then goosebumps had erupted over her back and arms, making the hairs on the back of her neck stand. She gasped at the sight and thought immedinatly that he was thirsty.
At the sudden appearance of Yuuki, he slowly un-tensed his whole body and his eyes were turning back to their ivory coloured state.
"Sorry Yuuki, i didn't mean to scare you." He covered his face with one f his hands, breathing heavily trying to calm down and then realised. "Don't you dare start going on about you offering your blood to me because i don't need it! I'm not thirsty, I was only thinking of some stuff..." Zero sighed.
Yuuki thought it was best not to brag on about their deal, but she believed what he said and went along with what he said and stood there not knowing what to do or say.
"You wanted to say something anyway Yuuki?" Zero replied wanting to be distracted from his thoughts.
"Yeah, urm Zero... can we go swimming?" she smiled widely and skipped to the window and opened the curtain letting the brilliant, bright sun rays enter the room. "It looks like perfect weather for it?"
Zero moaned and Yuuki immediately put her hands on her hips in an annoyed mood.
"Zero don't be like that! Its not like you have to swim is it!" she snapped back.
"Well who's the one that has to sit there and watch over you just in case you would drown... which is a high possibility that you will..." Zero smirked imagining.
"Hey! I can swim perfectly fine thank you! And it would be good for you to get some air! Even if it means you sitting around! Now... I'm getting ready!" Yuuki marched to her suitcase and snatched a few things from it, then marching to the bathroom getting dressed and not looking at Zero on her way there.
Zero knew that there was no way of arguing with her, but decided that he still needed to pay her back after everything she had done for him... and for everything he had done to her. He moaned again and got up realising he was still in the clothes he was in last night, so he went to his own suitcase and got out a pair of blue jeans and a white T-shirt and swiftly got changed into them, before Yuuki came out and complained about him undressing. Once he had finished, he sat in the cushioned arm chair which he had previously fell asleep in before Yuuki had woke him up. Yuuki, after five minutes, had finally come out of the bathroom, wearing the same jean shorts, and a an off the shoulder top which showed the straps of her newly brought, red bikini which tied round her neck. And yet again, Zero had to control his feelings and definitely his feelings towards the clear view of her neck.
"Oh yay! You agreed" she smirked. "Lets go then!" and ran to her suitcase to put on some sandals.
Zero looked annoyed and got up and grabbed the keys, walking past Yuuki and waiting outside of the door. Yuuki then also followed and walked along the corridor waiting for zero to lock the door as a joke.
"Took your time..." Yuuki giggled when Zero had caught up with her, but Zero simply gave her evils as they both walked out of the hotel and back onto the on the dried, muddy path which lead to the beach they previously went, and still, the same view of the beach fascinated Yuuki, and they both walked down onto the shore, where Zero sat down, and then Yuuki followed.
"I thought you was swimming!" Zero snapped at Yuuki.
Yuuki was taken back. "Zero... chill, I will, why does everything with you have to be rushed!"
Zero didn't reply and looked away looking out to the sea. And Yuuki just stared at him, now feeling guilty. **i shouldn't feel guilty... he deserved that... no wait... he doesn't deserve to be shouted out like that** Yuuki thought, now getting up and walking to the shore and slowly walking into the water expecting an icy shock, but instead to her surprise, a warm wave of sensation which encouraged her to go in foot deep.
"Yuuki..." Zero said confused. "I thought you was going in later?"
"Well..." She turned around to look at Zero. "You wanted me to go in... so... I'm in the water." Yuuki smiled and then turned back onto her feet and walked around for a bit.
Zero didn't know what to reply. "You don't have to do the things i tell you to do..."
"Mmm... I know that, but I'm mostly doing this to say sorry for snapping back out you like that."Yuuki replied honestly. "But besides that, your right, the water is perfect and i guess soon it will get colder." So Yuuki got out of the water undid the button and zip of her shorts before looking up to see Zero still looking at her.
"Zero you perv! Look away!" she screamed at him.
"what's the point? I'm about to see you without any trousers on anyway! And top! And i wasn't looking at you because of that! I just didn't know what to reply back, but fine, but I'm not lying when i say that i wasn't staring at you because you was getting dressed!" Zero snapped back annoyed and looked away.
Yuuki didn't reply, and got undressed quickly, only wearing her bikini now.
"You can look now Zero, sorry, i didn't mean to make you sound like one." Yuuki said apologetically .
Zero did look back, but regretted it a little, seeing all her bear skin luring him into a sudden bloodthirsty thirst. He nodded quickly hoping that she would turn around so she couldn't see his sudden crimson eyes.
And to Zero's wish, Yuuki did turn around and walked out into the sea. As soon as Yuuki was at a safe distance zero looked over peering slightly and trying to calm his thirst.
Yuuki walked in at waist height and ducked allowing the water to be neck deep, swinging her arms under the water keeping her upright and to the surface and she closed her eyes in the warmness.
"Zero, you should really come in! It's lovely in here!" She shouted to Zero.
"I rather not thanks." Zero immediately replied shaking his head.
"But... then it gets boring." Yuuki moaned. "Wait.. please say you brought a towel?"
"Oh Great... No I didn't, I thought it was your responsibility! You're the one going swimming."
Yuuki sighed in annoyance knowing she couldn't argue back to the truth. "Well can you go and get one for me?"
"And what... leave you here by yourself? Na ah. And besides, there's no one here, this village or place or area whatever you call it is very quiet."
"I don't care if it was abandoned, go and get me a towel." She said smirking to herself.
"Fine. But don't you move anywhere! If I lose you I'm the one to blame." Zero sighed and got up walking away back up the beach and to the hotel.
"Oi! Zero! I'm not a kid!" Yuuki screamed annoyed and angry and started to walk around in the water. "Look! I'm moving! And what are you going to do about it!"
Zero ignored her and was slowly starting to fade away.
"Argh, damn he makes me angry at times." Yuuki quietly said to herself and made her way back onto the beach and sat down still warm due to the warm sun and wind.
A few minutes went past and Yuuki looked behind her to see whether Zero was coming back, but to her shock, there was only a dark, black figure standing at top of the beach, standing in the direction of Yuuki.
Yuuki gasped, feeling the sense that this was the figure she saw last night and also dreamt about.
She didn't know what to do, it was staring at her, again, but she didn't see the glowing red eyes. She turned back to the sea and took a few deep breaths before looking behind her again to see that it had disappeared, and at this moment, Yuuki put her trousers and top back on and made her way back up the beach heading for the hotel in a rush of fear looking around her frantically to see whether the figure would appear again.
**Maybe its my imagination... i know it is... its not real** she thought to herself and then looked back behind her at the beach seeing no one and then looking in front of her seeing the dark, menacing, figure at the beginning of the path which she stopped in the middle of.
Yuuki panicked, and then stopped breathing at the sight of the bright red eyes glaring at her. She stood isolated as the figure started to move closer to her getting easily seen as not an all black figure, but a male with long greasy, dirty hair, which over hanged over his boney, sharp featured face. He wore, old, worn out jeans and a black jacket.
Yuuki wanted to move but she simply couldn't, she simply stared at the frightening monster that was coming closer to her. She was debating quickly in her head whether this was her head imagining things or whether it was something that was truly happening. She knew Artemis was her last resort and reached for her leg and gasped, and then to her pockets of her shorts, and to her realization she left it in the hotel.
**Where's Zero...** she thought now shaking.
Zero – In Hotel Room now.
Zero walked to the window just to see whether Yuuki was still viewable from outside the window and his heart stopped when he couldn't see a sign of her, and at that moment he dropped the towel and ran out of the room.
Yuuki.
"Well your a simple Prey..." the monster smirked now only three feet from Yuuki who was staring up at the tall figure. "Lets just hope your easily to digest." The monster laughed revealing his long sharp fangs whilst lifting one of his arms high which revealed his long, sharp finger nails on his hands, like daggers ready to strike, and before he could strike down on the frozen Yuuki, Yuuki, to her astonishment was suddenly lifted from the ground and swinged away from the quick attack before the sharp dagger like nails had touched her. She then suddenly snapped out of her thoughts and isolation and looked round seeing Zero who was holding her and was the one that presumably picked her up and dodged her away from the attack.
"Zero..." She said still in shock.
"Yuuki, what were you thinking? You should of ran!" Zero said annoyed putting her down on the floor before looking opposite him to keep an eye on the man. "Its a Level-e Yuuki... you should of ran..."
Yuuki gasped. **a level-e?...** and looked straight round to the out of control monster to see it moaning in annoyance before suddenly turning round with its eyes glowing more redder than before.
"You bastard... I think i might also claim your life for my own too." The beast laughed and made a run at Yuuki and Zero.
It was in that second, Yuuki was again swinged round behind Zero before he, Zero, suddenly reached into his coat inside pocket and pulled out a silver gun, which had the words 'Bloody Rose – Crossing' encrypted on the side of it. He pointed his silver, anti-vampire gun straight at the level – e who was starting to slow down running seeing this new weapon.
Yuuki watched with her eyes widening every second. This was the first time she had ever seen Zero using his weapon outside of the academy and to another person, but she dared not to say anything, but instead she was looking to and throw from Zero to the level –e from the view behind Zero's back.
"A hunter aye?" the monster smirked evilly.
Zero froze with his gun still pointed at the level-e like he had remembered something, and at this point, Yuuki knew what he had remembered... his past and his parents being hunters.
"This will make it more fun for me" the level – e laughed menacingly running towards them again with its dagger like nails raised high ready to strike.
Yuuki stood petrified behind zero who seemed to be still froze with his bloody rose still a rose.
"Zero!" Yuuki couldn't help but scream out when the level – e got to close, and within that moment a loud gun-shot sound was made, which deafened Yuuki for a while before seeing the silver object of the bullet casing hit the floor.
Everything seemed to have happened within a flash, and Yuuki turned to the back of Zero who was slowly putting his gun down, and then Yuuki looked to the place where the level-e was standing, and there was now only a pile sand blowing away slightly in the warm breeze.
Yuuki walked in front of Zero and grabbed his gun and put it in the inside pocket of his coat.
"Thank you Zero... i really do owe you for those... are you okay?" Yuuki asked concerned.
"you owe me nothing, as long as your safe nothing else matters, i don't want your family and friends being hurt." He explained also knowing that he would be also a person that would be very hurt if something happened to Yuuki.
Zero stood staring into space shaken at what just happened.
"Zero, don't be upset from what you just did, just think of the lives you might of saved... including mine." Yuuki said trying to make Zero think a little more positively, but he still stood frozen and Yuuki continued to watch him sorrowfully.
**That was a Level – e... that was the first time i have ever seen one in my life apart from hearing stories about them. They seem more frightening even if you don't know much about them and there behaviour... it's those menacing eyes that would haunt anyone's dream... the way they move, speak and insanely stare either at you or towards you. The way they are willing to attack quickly for blood like they have been starved for days and the way their voice lures you into their bloodthirsty trap and how those fangs isolate you on the spot.** Yuuki thought still looking at Zero and then she gasped loudly remembering the memory of Zero biting her for the first time with those crimson red eyes that easily captured her. Zero looked round to her quickly hearing Yuuki's gasp.
"You okay Yuuki?" Zero asked concerned seeing Yuuki in a bit of distress.
Yuuki nodded looking away from Zero. **and yet... Zero has such a high risk of becoming like that... like that beast- NO! Zero could never be like that! He's not a monster at all! But its a possibility that he could turn in a level-e ... fairly soon if we can't do anything about it.** Yuuki continued to think looking to the ground sighing and without realising holding the side of her neck.
Zero walked away from her, obviously seeing what she was doing and therefore knowing what she had remembered and was thinking about, and was making his way to the hotel. Yuuki didn't run after him but simply watched him leaving him some space and then she didn't care about the dangers and walked the opposite direction going onto the beach again wanting to also have time and space. She sat down on the warm, crunching pebbles and looked over at the sea staring at the beauty.
**I haven't thought of Kaname at all recently...** Yuuki thought realising **however, even though i haven't thought of him for a while, i still very much miss him... i wonder what he is doing right now... i wonder what he thought all the time we was together... i wonder what he truly thinks about Zero** Yuuki moaned now looking down to the pebbles by feet, picking them up and then throwing them into the sea.
"Maybe we should go home tonight... i think Zero needs a proper rest." Yuuki said under her breath glumly. She looked back up at the sunny, glorious sight of the beach and then rose to her feet walking up the beach to the brown path that lead to the outside of the hotel and into the quiet village. Once she reached the path Yuuki looked behind her and gazed for a few minutes before walking away and past the nearly blown away sand, which was the level-e that had haunt her and her dream.
Yuuki made her way up to the hotel room that her and zero was sharing, and she knocked on the door, feeling only polite that Zero should know of her presence.
The door opened with a creek and she saw Zero walk away and Yuuki walked back in closing the door after her and stood there.
"Zero... i feel you want to go home... especially after what happened-"
"Yuuki cut it out will you." Zero snapped back. "I'm going to have to get used to it sooner or later anyway!"
Yuuki knew what he meant, but she was still not meant to know till Zero felt it was time for her to know by his own words.
Yuuki walked further in to see Zero sitting at the edge of his bed ad she sat down beside him looking directly at the floor.
"What do you mean Zero?" Yuuki asked sounding convincing.
Zero hesitated. "It's hard to explain... but I'm sure you're going to have to find out one way or another."
"Find out what?" Yuuki asked now looking Zero who was looking at the floor which in that moment he sighed in some sort of pain which Yuuki immediately thought that his neck was giving him hell again, maybe due to what he is thinking.
"My past..." Zero finally said. "However, there's no need to hide it anymore, i know you know... and don't worry, for a change you didn't give it away, the chairman informed me afterwards, i was annoyed yes, but in the end you deserve to know. But there's one thing i don't know whether you know but, as my parents were vampire hunters they expect me to carry on the job with my bro-." Zero stopped and re-said differently. "They expect me to carry on the job, so, i was trained by my master, Yagari Touga, a hunter at he lead hunters association and was rather close to my parents. At first i didn't want to hunt vampires, i thought along the same lines as you, till the attack of those purebloods that changed everything, that changed me!" Zero said clenching his jaw. "So i wanted to revenge their deaths, by killing those purebloods. But i have no idea where their whereabouts are, but when i do, i will be ready and i wouldn't care if i died alongside them."
Yuuki sighed. "You won't die alongside them, but receive that women's blood, it will keep you going normally for a long time." Yuuki encouraged not wanting him to have a death wish among the ones he hated and despised.
"Yuuki, no matter what I decide, I still hate them, if i had a choice or if i was left in a room with them... i would surely massacre them." Zero smirked. "but that's if they caught me in a bad mood, no vampire would like that."
Yuuki sighed again. "Zero, they aren't as bad as what you think they are... some of them are kind."
Zero rolled his eyes up at her like he had heard the same comment over and over again.
"Shall we go home?" Yuuki said kindly and innocently trying to imagine herself in Zero's shows right now. She moved her hand over to his arm, and to this, Zero immediately nudged her hand off looking away from her. Yuuki felt a little taken back, but it seemed that she was getting used to that the fact that she never could be close to Zero in a comforting manor. Zero didn't reply.
Yuuki got up and walked to her suitcase. "come on Zero, let's g home, we have upcoming exams anyway, it might be a good idea if we go now and then revise tomorrow so were not exhausted after the long trip." Yuuki said understandably to Zero now packing her clothes which were lying around her suitcase, and at this she tried to make Zero giggle... or maybe smile. "I wonder whether i will be able to fit all of my stuff back in here, we don't want to buy another bag do we." She giggled looking behind herself afterwards to still find Zero looking away from her with no expression or emotion. Her own smile slowly disappeared due to her failed attempt which she constantly worked on through out her life since she met the boy who she agreed to be always be with and achieve her goal.
The next two hours of packing, which Zero, after an hour and looking down at his feet sitting on the edge of the king-size bed deep in thought, also started to do, packing rather quickly before Yuuki had finished hers.
"Okay, Yuuki, you go and sign us out whilst I call for some transport." Zero said looking away from her, walking around the room cleaning the room up a bit.
"Oh... Okay." Yuuki simply answered, and took the lightest bag from her bag selection and walked out confused and wondering what to say to the receptionist as they are leaving early.
She took the bag and walk down the corridor and down the stairs to the lobby walking straight up to the reception desk, nervous and waited till a lady appeared. When the lady appeared giving Yuuki help and assistance, Yuuki explained that she needed to leave the hotel early due to family reasons. And after explain it, before she knew it, Zero had silently been carrying down the bags.
"Oh Zero...you didn't have to? I could of helped you." Yuuki replied to zero, who was dropping the last bag by Yuuki's feet and then giving the receptionist the keys for the room.
"No its fine Yuuki, it would be quicker if i did it on my own."
Yuuki gasped in shock and then her face turned into annoyance, but before she could say something back at Zero, he interrupted her.
"plus, i have already ordered the taxi, which should be here around now." Zero said now picking up three bags. "so we better get going." Zero walked straight past her not looking directly in the eye and not showing any emotion... like usual.
Yuuki watched zero go past her and then looked down at her two bags which standed beneath her feet, she felt guilty for getting in the trouble she got in with the apparent Level – e in the village and letting zero help her or save her even from it by doing something he was, in the past, trained to do.
She grabbed the bags and made her way outside to see the taxi and zero sitting in side it.
"Would you like a hand to put them in?" A young handsome, light brown haired man asked Yuuki politely with his hand held out in a willing polite manor, who was presumably the taxi driver.
Yuuki nodded and smiled and handed the bags to him. "Thank you."Yuuki replied to him after he took the bags from Yuuki. And the man simply nodded in reply and put the two handed bags in the boot of the taxi and made his way to the drivers seat.
Yuuki took a deep breath and headed for a backseat of the taxi which was available and didn't look to Zero when she closed the door, however, after a while she looked to the edge of her eye to see him in the position which he was in on the way here to this village... he was looking plainly and emotionless out of the window beside him not taking notice of anything in particular.
At this, she looked out of her own window knowing that the journey would be long, dull and more tiring and boring just like the first journey.
**That Level – e ... was frightening... and yet.. zero... could easily become that frightening monster if he is not helped, he says nothing will be able to stop the change when he knows damn right that that pureblood's blood, Shizuka's in fact, is the only one that can save him, but I'm sure she is too selfish to consider his new fate and how it will turn for the worse.** Yuuki sighed annoyed and closed her eyes wanting to go home now herself.
So the long journey back to the academy took its toll and started, silently.