The Night of the End
Warning: If you have not read chapter 47 of the manga, then SPOILERS alert is active.
Note: I DO NOT OWN ANY THING RELATED TO VAMPIRE KNIGHT, MANGA OR ANIME WISE.
"Will you be with me forever?" asked a blonde girl. She was tired and feeling helpless, she couldn't see anything, her eyes being too heavy.
"I don't know, I don't know myself. But all I can do now is comfort you." said a man holding her. He was trying his hardest to stay calm, but what was in front of him was beyond imagination.
(begin)
Ch. 4 Darkness
The gang woke up from their little nap that they were persuaded to do. They were still all on the floor on the bottom floor of the center tower.
"My body feels heavy." said Aidou. He could barely stand up.
The rest of the gang felt the same, as if something was lulling them back to sleep again.
'Why is this happening?' thought Kain. 'As soon as she said those names, my vision went … I don't know, white? Black? I couldn't tell.'
Kain was the only one on the stone cold floor, so he managed to get up first. Nothing like a cold stone on your face to get you up in the morning.
Kain looked around, he couldn't see much because the moon was new this night.
'Wait, I can't see well in the dark?' Kain beginning to get an itch on his neck. 'This isn't a natural darkness.'
Kain acted quickly and got Ruka, who was breathing very rapidly, out of the room and onto the grass outside the tower. Ruka suddenly regained consciousness.
"So it is what I thought it was." said Kain. "Ruka, regain your energy and help me get the others out of there."
He went back into the tower to get the next comrade.
Ruka, not being the type to stay down, got up quickly and went to help. As soon as Ruka stepped into the tower, she felt the pressure change. She moved quickly and got Serien, who was closest to the door, out into the grass. Kain had grabbed Ichijo, and then went back for the last guy.
Aidou was in the worst condition, he wasn't even conscious. His skin had almost frozen in the almost semi-warm room.
"This castle just gets weirder and weirder as more days go by." said Ruka.
"Agreed, someone take care of sleeping beauty, I'm going to have another look at the north tower." said Kain.
Serien agreed to help Aidou, with Ichijo helping.
Ruka went to the outer gate located directly south, 'What about that barrier?'
(Change)
Yori slowly woke up. She could feel her body screaming at her. She knew she was in serious pain, maybe soreness.
Yori got up slowly to see that she had bandages on her legs, arms, and head. She looked around what was supposedly a camp. A fire pit in the middle of a clearing. She noted trees, a few bags, some silver on one end of the camp, a few bottled waters, a log next to the fire.
Then it hit her. She was helped out, and the silver was actually just a bunch of hair. The hair was attached to a head and body that was covered in brown. She got up and limped over to him. She uncovered the man, and noted he had several bandages around his chest and hands.
It was Zero, completely unconscious. She looked at his face, he was calm almost relaxed in his sleep. 'I didn't know he looked so cool.' she thought. 'Then again, with him pissed all the time, I couldn't bare to look at him.' She covered him again and continued to look around.
Who had taken care of them? She questioned, almost out loud.
Someone grabbed her from behind, at put a hand over her mouth. She tried to struggle but it was useless.
"Shhhh, it's only me, my dear student." said the man.
She calmed down, and was released. She twirled around to see for her own eyes.
"Why?" she asked, and then passed out from over exerting herself.
The man quickly caught her and placed her gently against the tree.
Zero who was awake long before her, got up and started helping the blond man to cook the meal her had caught while hunting.
"So, why are you here, Headmaster-Sensei?" asked Zero.
The Headmaster sighed, "I wanted to make up for my mistake that I made." Said Kaien Cross.
(Change)
"Okay, we have all our supplies, and everything is in order, Class President." said the Vice-President.
The students had picked people who could go out and find the night class students, 5 of them.
They all wished they could go, but it would be infeasible to send an entire class, so said the Vice.
The ones going were the Class President, the Vice, two guys, and a strange girl.
The strange girl was unknown to the rest of the Day Class, but she was the one who had the info of where the Night Class went.
She was not very tall, in fact you could say she was a small kid. She had long blonde hair, and beady little eyes. (I curse those eyes, can't ever fight 'em). She had a dress that fluffed out from her body from the waist down. All in all, she looked like a sweet doll.
She introduced herself as, "Hello, I am Maria Kurenai. Lets be friends."
(Change)
Sayori felt better when she woke up this time, her ankle didn't hurt so much anymore. And the bandages she had were replaced.
She looked up to see that it was night time, and that there were two men sitting near the fire pit, now lit.
She slowly got up and limped lightly to them.
"Ah, the princess is awake." said the blond man.
"Hello, Sensei, Zero." she answered.
Zero looked up, nodded at her then stared at the fire again.
Yori walked over to the pit and sat down next to Cross. He handed her a piece of meat, and said, "You haven't eaten in a long time, here you will need the nutrients for your growing body."
She took it and looked at it. Eating in the woods, oh well. 'If I want to find her, I need to keep my strength up.'
Kaien smiled at her, and then began to eat his meat.
A few minutes later, after Sayori had eaten a little she asked, "Why?"
Cross just got an innocent look, and looked at her.
"Why did you hide the truth from us?" she asked.
Kaien put his portion down, a deep solemn look on his face, and stared at the fire. "Tell me, how did you feel once you found out? Scared? Frightened? Impossible? Either way, a lot of students would have left immediately, either scared or lying to themselves, The truth forever distorted."
"But the way we found out was the worst way. We were under attack from other vampires, were we not?" she stiffened as she said this.
"Yes, we all were."
"By whom?" she asked, afraid of the answer.
"Everything. The vampire council, the highest and strongest pure blood, and the vampire hunter society." He answered slowly.
"Vampire hunter society?" she asked.
"Yes, an organization originally created to keep vampires from leeching off too many humans. But, over time, they had grown corrupted. Their own leader had drunken vampire blood." He raised a sword that was sitting next to him.
"Are you a vampire hunter, too?" she asked.
"We both were. Both me and Zero were vampire hunters." said Cross.
"But isn't Zero an ex-human vampire?" she asked, remembering the day of the attack.
Cross looked at her carefully, "How had you come by this information?"
"Aidou and Seiren told us, all of us."
"Yes, I am an ex-human vampire, but I still trained under my sensei to become a hunter."
"Then why are you here, looking for Yuuki?" she had guessed that, because they both were here, too.
Zero grimaced, "I'm hunting down all pure blood vampires. So that one day all vampires will cease to exist. I'm starting at the top of the chain. I know of two pure bloods right now, I can't let them escape."
"Even though she was your friend!" Yori yelled at him.
Zero grimaced, once again. She was right. Yuuki had kept him from becoming a level E. But he couldn't tell her the truth.
(1)Thinking back to the day of the attack 3 weeks ago:
He had told her that he couldn't live on, that he had no goal now, that he would go and die.
Yuuki pleaded and begged him not too. In the end she got desperate, and gave him a reason to live on. She had sucked his blood to show that there were other vampires out there.
He right then and there vowed to hunt her down. That his only reason to live on now was to hunt her down.
Yuuki only smiled, and said to live on.
Zero had remained quiet for a while now. Sayori still glaring at him. And Cross the headmaster still oblivious to the world.
'How could he do this? Yuuki looked out for him, and the moment she turned vampire, he's hunting he down!'
Yori, enraged finished her meal, and then went back to the tree to sleep.
Zero continued to stare at the fire.
Cross not-so-oblivious to what just happened, sighed, and packed camp up for the night.
---Time skip, scene change---
The five students that were chosen to hunt down the Night Class, were trekking through the woods.
Maria was leading the group farther into the woods. She was almost merrily skipping along.
The Vice-president keeping cool and calm. She was used to trekking through woods. She grew up in the country in northern Japan.
The President himself, on the other hand, was whining a lot. He wasn't used to this at all. 'Why did I sign up for this?'
The two other guys were bringing up the rear, not whining, but not in good condition either. (City people have no endurance I tell ya)
They were two days into the trek, and as far as the Vice-president, Sara, was concerned, they were heading in a straight line towards a destination.
(Change)
Ruka had walked up to the southern gate. She was eying the barrier that stopped the snow mid-flight. She walked outside the south gate, and placed her hand upon the barrier.
A wave rippled from her hand, and she felt a flow of massive energy coming from beneath her hand.
"I wouldn't try to push much more then that."
Ruka spun around to see that Kaname was there.
"Oh, Kaname. What is this barrier. Why is it so strong, that a noble can't even feel its properties."
Kaname smiled, "This barrier is a special barrier. It's meant to keep everything from going in or out of it. Only a pure blood can open this path."
"And why am I not thirsty?"
"Oh, you're only now finding this out?" Kaname smiled a little more.
Ruka turned around to try and feel the energy again.
She studied it for a while. 'What is this energy? It feels like Earth normally does, but somehow more menacing.'
When she turned again to ask another question, Kaname was gone.
She looked around for a bit, but nothing more peaking her interests. She went back inside the southern courtyard, and found the other nobles.
Aidou had recovered, and was regaining the color in his face. Kain had come back, and was talking with Ichijo.
Ruka went to Seiren and checked that he was still okay.
Kain had come up to them. "The dark energy in there, it felt cold and devoid of life," said Kain, "Just like the north tower."
Ruka described what happened at the barrier.
"So, Kaname knows whats going on, but he's not telling us. Typical." said Ichijo.
Seiren moved to defend her master, but couldn't think of anything to say.
"Why don't we need blood, anymore?" asked Ruka, "It's been three weeks and I haven't gotten one drop. What about you?"
"Same here, not thirsty at all still," started Ichijo, "This castle is starting to be more than it looks."
(To be continued...
A/N: Sorry it took so long to get out. I had a block on what I was going to do, and I couldn't remember for aw little while what I was up to. Also, I was writing other things for a while.
Again, I'm sorry it took a while. But now I remember what the plot was, and I'm back on track.
Note: this is a slow portion, it's going to speed up soon.
Please R&R, I want to hear comments, and if I should pair up people.