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Chapter 35
After what happened Kaname told me and Yuuki that it was his job and that we don't have to take part in this. We were inside a car that was just completely silent. But I must say I am disappointed and the reason why is because that is end for me for the outside world. The first time in a whole year.
'Victoria...' Said a voice inside my head.
'Kaoru...' I thought speaking to him. 'What is it? Where are you?'
' 1. I'm with Kaname-sama and so is Mimi looking at the corpse of the party. And 2. you know that Ichijou Takuma is being held captive by Sara Shirabuki, right?' Said Kaoru.
'Kaoru, at first it was him being held captive but I know it's something else as well.' Kaoru didn't say anything else it was just a long pause making me know that he knows what I meant. 'Kaoru, did Sara Shirabuki took Ouri-sama's life?' I walked inside the mansion while talking to Kaoru.
'Yes...' Said Kaoru finally answering me.
'The question is why though.' Said Mimi. I started to remember that in the manga that Sara Shirabuki was trying to become powerful but she also wanted to...
'Queen.' I said startling Kaoru and Mimi.
'What?' Said Mimi.
'She wants to become queen. She wants to have the all of the purebloods. Ouri-sama must have knew that he was going to die by Sara Shirabuki but didn't resist in the end. ...Mimi... Kaoru...'
'Yes.' Said Kaoru.
'I remembered Sara saying something like my blood is the richest of all the purebloods, what does she mean by that?'
'Victoria she means that your powers are far greater than any purebloods that have ever been born. Your powers is what makes your blood so sweet to Level E's and other vampires including Purebloods.' Said Mimi.
'My powers...' I said. 'I have been a sleep for 20 years know and with out me knowing it my powers have grown stronger. Say... do you suppose that Sara was the one who started this whole mess in the first place and that in the end onii-sama was also part of her plan?'
'I'm not so sure Victoria. If it was that simple than Kaname-sama would have figure it out in the first place.' Said Kaoru.
'Your right.' I said in defeat. 'So what are the Hunters are saying about Ouri-sama death?'
'That it was most likely suicide.' Said Kaoru. My eyes were wide and I was looking in disbelief.
"They thought is was suicide!" I said not knowing that I was screaming.
"Yes, Victoria-sama that's what the hunters are saying." I looked to see Aidou was starring at me with a blank face and Yuuki was looking at me with concern.
"I'm sorry. I was talking to Mimi and Kaoru." I said siting down on the chair sighing.
"We'll you must have had pretty long conversation with them. Your expression's were changing to anger, realization, and confusion and others too." Said Aidou.
"I didn't know that I was making expression while talking to them." I said. "Anyway I'm not too sure that the Hunters are going to like that kind of conclusion."
"Yes, your right." Said Yuuki.
"Or they could have thought the a Pureblood, in the party, could have control a Hunter to order it to kill Ouri-sama." Said Aidou. "... That theory had momentarily made all purebloods present at the party potential suspects in the case."
'Could Sara bitten that Hunter who kill himself to be the one to kill Ouri-sama? And then she drink his blood?' I thought. "This is getting really hard to understand." I said that in a whisper for only me to hear.
"Well, I can tell you one thing for sure..." Said Aidou.
"...What is it...?" Said Yuuki. He stands up pointing at me.
"Even now, you still don't understand much of our society! You are practically like a little toddler stumbling around a world full of unknows for you, so... don't go thinking you can barge right in and make a difference in situations as if you were so grown up or something." Yuuki nodded her head in understanding.
"We understand that Aidou." I said. "But that's why we intend to try our very best to grow up as fast a we can! We must study a lot!" 'All of this already in my tracks and I'm siting hear doing nothing!' I saw Yuuki starting to hit the desk telling me and Aidou to hurry up and study. I started hear something and looked at the direction where I thought I heard the noice.
"What's going on?" Said Aidou.
"There's more people outside again." I said.
"No way, again...?!" Said Aidou walking outsied. "Please forgive me, but... Victoria-sama and Yuuki-sama isn't reveiving any visitors at the moment. So we would ask you to kindly leave..."
"Oh, but I merely want to come salute them quickly..." Said one vampire.
"...I just wanted to see them to drop a little present..." Said another one.
"Hey, Aidou-san..." Said a boys voice.
"Are you planning to shoo us away too?" Said a girls voice. I could hear the voices and knew exactly who was speaking.
"Oh, you two are here?!" Said Aidou looking at Shiki and Rima. "We were asked to not let anyone come in before Kaname-sama returns so..." He says shaky. I laughed a little.
"Uh, you're the worst type of suck-up..." Said Rima.
"Yeah man... to think we used to eat together and all... how cruel of you..." Said Shiki. I can hear my sister chuckling listening to the conversation. I looked at my sister, but my sister only shook her head saying no, but before she can do I decided to tap on Aidou's shoulder.
"Aidou-senpai, Aidou-senpai!" I said standing behind the door. Aidou turned to us.
"Wha- You two-!" Said Aidou. I can hear my sister sighing and just went a long with it.
"Please make an exception just for them." Said Yuuki.
"If someone has to take the blame we'll do it." I said sticking my head out of the house to look at the vampires. I gave them smile. "Thank you for coming to see us despite our house being so far in the mountains." Yuuki whispered in my ear saying.
"Kaname-onii-sama isn't going to like this so be prepared for punishment." She said then was beside me looking out as well.
"...Although the whole household is currently pretty busy, so.. we're sorry but we won't be able to receive you." I looked at Shiki and Rima giving them a smile and telling them to come over.
"Come on in, Shiki-senpai, Touya-senpai!" I said. Walking in to the room elegantly while I was just messing around. "You're the first visitors we're receiving since we moved back here." I said turning to them. They closed the door behind them giving a black face. I was really happy to have visitors here for the first time.
"...Well that's no wonder, considering you guys live all shut-in and deep in the woods like this..." Said Rima.
"It's practically like house-arrest..." Said Shiki.
"Ha ha ha! Not at all, we're used to it!" I said happily.
"Please make yourselves at home in the..." Said Yuuki. "We'll go make some tea and we'll be right back." I smiled at them nodding my head.
"Eh... you really don't have to bother..." Said Shiki. Rima noticed the pretty dress and the high heels that Yuuki and I were wearing.
"Wait, you don't have to make the tea yourself!" Said Rima. Me and Yuuki turned our heads to Rima.
"Hey... prefects, were you always the type to wear pin heels...?" Said Rima. "The image I had of you two wasn't that of someone who wore shoes that are hard to run around in..."
"We'll..." I said getting Rima's attention. "...to tell the truth Onee-sama is better with the high heels than I am. I for one can't stand these high heels at all. I prefer flat shoes than high heels. They hurt. But..." I started to blush and walk forward.
"I'll go make the tea right now!" I said startling everyone.
"You really... don't have to bother with that..." Said Shiki. "I just came to give you two a message from Ichijou-san actually." I stopped in my tracks and froze.I looked at Shiki my eyes were wide.
"He said: 'I know it's not always easy but, please take good care of Kaname.' That's all." Said Shiki.
'So Ichijou was at the party and Shiki and Rima must have run up to him.' I thought. Shiki started to explain that the message was mostly a 'tell them when they got the chance' kind of thing and that he can tell that he was worried about us.
"...Shiki." Said Rima. "Let's leave... this place isn't unrelated to your father so I don't to spend much time here." Shiki turned around to the door but stopped looking at us.
"Uhm... perfect..." Said Shiki looking at me. "Please... don't think that I refused the tea because I dislike you two or anything like that, okay...? So... please don't make that face look at me... to have that added to the memory of Rido makes it even worse." I couldn't help but have a sad expression just remembering what Rido did and to his son too. "I much prefer when you have that carefree look you had when you invited us in. See you two around, cousin." I looked at Shiki and see them outside the door.
'Victoria...' I can hear Kaoru in my head like he was worried. 'Kaname-sama is going to get really mad.'
'Why?' I said in confusion.
'Because he can see Shiki and Rima exiting the house.' Said Mimi. My eyes grew wide and I started to panic. Kaname was siting on the couch with his head on the back of the hand looking at us. We'll mostly me and Aidou because I was the one that suggestion to bring them and asked Yuuki who told me many times 'no.' But of course I didn't listen. Me and Aidou were siting on the floor with our heads down.
"...Anything else...?" Said Kaname in an irritated tone. I can see the black aura surround him. "How many times did I ask you two not open the door to anyone while I'm out, and yet... you two are just like the piggies and the baby goat from those fairy tales, who open the door with wolves outside regardless of how much they were told to do it. I wonder what punishment you two might have been hoping for..." I looked at Yuuki for help but Yuuki only looked at me saying you deserve it.
"If..." I was starting to scared but found so way to have strength in my voice. "If you want to keep me locked in so badly, then... we should have kept me hidden and never have bothered introducing me to the vampire society at all!" Yuuki sighed and put a hand on her forward.
"Victoria..." Said Yuuki.
"...Would you really have preferred it, if we'd done it that way...? If I could, I would have gladly done so..." I looked away and sighed in defeat.
"... no not really..." I said with a sad expression on my face. Kaname sighed and Yuuki was heading to the doors. Knowing exactly what kind of punishment Kaname is deciding for Victoria and Aidou. Kaname looks at Yuuki and she nods her head.
"Oh I know just what to do... since you want to study so much, then I'll be the one teaching you, right now... I'll help you learn quite a lot of things..." Said Kaname. I started to shiver and looked Yuuki heading out with Aidou. "As for Aidou, his punishment will be to count the exact number of chickpeas in the entirety of pantry, and report back with the number. Please see to it that he counts them all." I felt like the blood on my head was completely gone making me and Kaname the only once in the room. I hear the door and Kaname rising his hand for me to come to him.
"...Okay..." I said scared. I walked over to Kaname and to him rise his hand on my hair.
"Victoria, I know that from now on you'll be spending little by little increasingly more time with world outside... and I have no intention to try to stop that..." Said Kaname looking up at me. "I understand... that you really... wouldn't be yourself at all, if you were like a still doll siting inside a class case, Victoria... even though I confess that there is also part of me who wishes I could go and keep you away from the whole rest of the world and just for myself. So please understand my reasons, Victoria... that part of me finds its outlet in little things like wanting you to wear delicate shoes and not wanting you to cut your long hair. I'm sorry, Victoria... But please allow me to impose just those little whims on you..."
'Onii-sama...' I thought. I closed my eyes and had a sad expression. "I am... a little like one of those kids holding onto a lead connecting them to their parent os that they wont get lost... even Aidou-senpai and Onee-sama told me that I'm no better than a toddler when it comes to truly being a vampire." 'I can understand though because Onee-sama is the oldest and while I have things in my head. She was studying the whole time.' I sit down on the couch next to Kaname.
"'A toddle'...? Well... it's okay, Victoria... you don't have to go too fast take your time and study. For the better or for the worse time is not something purebloods are in risk of running out of."
"...About purebloods, actually..." I said looking at Kaname.
"Yes...?" Said Kaname.
"Since we don't really die... shouldn't there be a large population of us by now..? And yet there's just..." I hold out my fingers and a started to number the purebloods with my fingers. "...Kuran... Hiou... Shirabuki...Ouri... Hanadagi... Touma... Shoutou...only the memoers of those seven families are left... isn't this a very small amount of people considering the longevity and all...?" I looked at Kaname to see him with a blank face starring at my fingers. "Onii-sama?" He suddenly put his arm around my waist making me lean against him.
"Oh, right!" Said Kaname. "Sorry here you go."
'What happened...?' I thought. "Huh, no that's not at all what I meant, I wasn't asking for you to snuggle up."
"If it's not okay for me to hold just say so and I'll let go..." Said Kaname. I looked at Kaname pouting.
"...Cheater..." I said in a whisper.
"What?" Said Kaname.
"No nothing... it okay..." I said.
"There are few left. The amount of purebloods that the vampire council had under their control before your birth 19 people." Said Kaname. "If you added to those ones who had been away for a long time it was a total of 33 people. Now, there are even lest than back then."
'...So few...' I thought.
"From the Kuran family, three of us are left..." Said Kaname. I looked up at Kaname.
"...How come so few are left...?" I said. "Were there really that many people who wanted to die like Ouri-sama...? To tell the truth I don't believe that Ouri-sama's death was suicide. Do you think it really was suicid? Why would he use such a method...? And if he did, was there really a need for him to sacrifice an for that...?" 'I know he was killed. After all Pureblood can only die by Pureblood or a hunters weapon.'
"As you already know, my great grandfather had at one point become the leader of the purebloods... the king of all vampires, to be exact." Said Kaname. I was a bit confused on why suddenly bring up his great grandfather.
"Yes I know... He did it so that he could put an end to their wars." I said.
"The pureblood population diminished considerably because of all the fighting back then. ...You've already learned all of this in history, though..." Said Kaname. I looked down.
"I know all this. But that happened thousands of years ago, and..." I said.
"If you want another reason for it... you had it right there a moment ago, when you said that others too wanted to die, like ouri wanted... so many purebloods have come to a point... where they naturally ceased to even have the will to have children, even among those who were with the person they loved." Said Kaname. "The purebloods... thought that their existence defeated the passing of time... but in turth it was time who had won in the end..." I felt Kaname put his hand on my head making my head lean against his shoulder, and his head lean against my head.
"Onii-sama...?"
"I'm so sorry, Victoria... For so much weakness and for so many scary vampires in this world..." Said Kaname. I looked up at Kaname.
"But the purebloods having all massacred each other beack then is something so far back in the past..." I said. "Why are you apologize for this, onii-sama...? It's something from the far past..."
'I know that something dark is lurking under the death of Ouri-sama... I knew. And I can tell that Kaname-onii-sama is trying to hide whatever it is from me.' I thought. I looked down at Kaname to see him sleeping on my lap. 'I know how this story ends and I am going to find out what is going on because I refuse to allow anyone become sacrifice for others' live or to be sacrificed themselves.'
I hope you guys like this chapter. I know this was longer then the previous others but I hope you like it. Plus I just wrote a new story called Forgotten memories. The anime is Diabolik lovers and I hope you guys like the story and my other stories as well.
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