Doomedpassion: I wrote this chapter while I was listening to Every Heart by BoA, Darkness Eyes and Doushitte by THSK.
Chapter 8
Months passed and it seemed that the Queen would never wake. And during that time, the maids tried to cut her hair, but failed, breaking their scissors, when it reached the floor when they carried her off her bed to the bathroom to the tub. Her hair kept growing.
When she finally woke, her mercury eyes filled with rain. Part of her wanted to die because she knew had nobody left, especially, Hanabusa, the only one she cared about as much as she did about herself tried to kill her, even though it was in his power crazed state. She was surprised, when she noticed Hanabusa was sleeping with his unruly head of hair buried on his arms, leaning out of his chair on her bed. She was even more surprised when Kuran Kaname and Yuki were standing in the room. She blinked and said rather rudely, "What are you doing here in my room? Going to revel in my misery, Kuran?"
"You seem to have your old spirit back," said Kaname.
"Whatever," said Kaetsukikko. "Am I destined to watch those I love disappear? It seems I can not die, no matter what happens. And those that gravitate toward me only want the Elixir of Immortality that resides in my veins."
"The Elixir of Immortality is a legend," said Kaname.
"Correction, it has been a legend for hundreds of years, Kuran," said Kaetsukikko. "It is real again. Once the seal broke, my blood becomes the Elixir of Immortality. I do not need to drink other vampires' blood to survive. I get hungry, but I do not need nourishment to exist. I only need it to keep my body functioning, if I do not drink blood I will nothing, but a statue, I will exist, but not live. Once a seal is slapped on me, the Elixir of Immortality becomes only a fantasy and I become human, thus I need to eat. That was how Hio Shizuka turned me or at least the old me, Kiryu Zero. I said that Kiryu Zero does not exist, but he does. He is a part of me. Just like Kurosu Yuki is a part of Kuran Yuki. I suggest you leave before my bad luck passes to you too."
"Zero…"
"Yuki, how many more times must I say, I am not Zero anymore?" said Kaetsukikko.
"Very well, Kaetsukikko-hime."
"Drop the honorific; I have no use for it. I am tired, so tired, but I can not sleep. Until I have a mate and have a legitimate child with him," said Kaetsukikko. "But no one wants to bind themselves to me. Not after all that I have done and because what my blood will do to our child(ren). Our child(ren) will suffer the same fate of being bound to this earth until they have a mate and child." She wrapped her arms around her body. "It hurts so much. Do you know why I wanted you to leave two minutes ago? I could not bear to let myself be weak in public. That is the main reason I wear a mask."
"You are not weak, hime-sama," said Yuki. "You are stronger than I am."
"Shut up!" cried Kaetsukikko. "You have everything. You have loving mate. You have a family. You have friends and loyal subjects. You have never had to fend for yourself. I lost everything close to me and I will be alone forever, I tried to lessen my loneliness by adopting this boy, but I am as lonely as I have been. So get out!" She broke into sobs.
The shouting brought Aido Hanabusa out of his stupor. "Hahaoya! Are you alright? Please stop crying. Gomen nasai." He turned to see Kuran Kaname and Yuki still standing there. "Get out!" he snarled.
They were present when the boy had lost control of his power. They had seen what he was capable of. Kaname ushered Yuki out first, then followed fearing that the boy might attack.
Kain was standing outside the room. He heard all that went on within the room and was about to enter when, Kuran Yuki grabbed his arm and said, "Please is there anything that we can do to help her?"
"There is nothing you can do," said Kain. There is…only if you are willing to break your blood bond with Kaname because there was a previous one between Zero and Kaname that was broken by your current one. I saw love in their eyes, but it was disguised as hatred and rivalry. The previous bond was formed by accident, but that does not mean they never loved one another prior to it. I lost all respect for Kaname, after seeing what it did to our Lady that is why I no longer use the honorific –sama after Kaname's name. It's either Kuran or Kuran-san. But before I became privy to the truth I supported the idea, now I abhor it. Hahaha. I am a hypocrite and so is Hana. I suppose my mindset changed after I began to serve our Lady. He narrowed his eyes at Kuran Kaname and Yuki. "What benefits do you think you will reap, if you help our Lady?"
"Why do you think we want benefits?" asked Yuki.
"Why would I not?" said Kain, deflecting her question.
"What is it that you think we want?" demanded Kaname.
"Nothing," said Kain. "Yuki-hime, there is something of utmost importance and secrecy that you must know."
"What is it?" asked Yuki. Kain had piqued her interest.
"It is a secret, I can not tell you what it is, not until we are in a safe place, but then you must swear by blood that you will never speak of this to anyone," said Kain.
Doomedpassion: uh oh…something bad is going to happen. Stay tuned for the next chapter to find out what happens.