Title: Visitors from the Future
Genre: General/Romance/Friendship
Rating:T
Pairings: Zero/Kaname
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Vampire Knights. It belongs to Hino Matsuri - I only borrow the characters from the series and use it in my own fic. However, I do own the three original characters featured in this story.
Author's Notes: XD Looks like my last chapter came out fine, eh? Haha, I also had no idea how it ended up being that way with Zero getting grounded by Yagari XD After all, I edited that chapter being half-asleep ... :P Well, since it worked ... I'll continue this chapter from where I left off ... XD
In this chapter, you'll get to see Zero being confused by Kaname's possessive acts and Kaname gradually coming to terms with his undeniable feelings for Zero. Also, in this chapter you'll get to see some Takuma-Akane and find out more about Akane's vampires' heritage. Trust me, when I said you'll be in for a nasty shock. Last but not least, there will be the twins' interaction with Zero when they sneak in for a visit.
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Chapter 8 - Busted!
Kiryuu Zero sighed, he was currently being isolated and locked within his room back at the Chairman's living quarters. He had been 'grounded' by his master since last night, after being dragged away from the school's lake where he had been caught red-handed by his master - Yagari Touga, for associating himself with the vampires. Initially, he was locked within the Chairman's private study but after the ex-hunter and his adopted father, Kaien Cross had protested that he needed the 'study' for researching and working purposes. His master had decided to lock him away in his own room, instead.
The former had specifically requested for him to stay in the room, and reflected upon his own actions from the night before. Until the said hunter had released him from his sentence of being 'grounded', he would not be allowed to step out of his room. Hence, explaining his reason for being absent for his classes on this particular morning.
No doubt, Akane would be laughing her head off when she hear of his so-called 'punishment' from Yuuki. Honestly, he had thought his master would attempt to shoot him into oblivion after what had happened the night before. Therefore, he was equally shocked when his master announced to him that he would be 'grounded' until further notice. Since there was practically nothing else for him to do in his room now - seeing as he had already finishes all his homework that he had on hand for the point of time. Zero decided to take the time to reflect on the events that took place over the last twenty-four hours.
So over the last twenty-four hours, he had managed to have some sort of a 'bonding' session with Subaru, the elder twin. He supposed he does enjoy having the twins around, and do 'love' them to a certain extent. Grudgingly, he found himself getting used to the idea of the pureblood - Kuran, as the twins' other parent. Hence, he had made an effort to tone down his immense dislike towards the former, and had hoped that the pureblood would do the same. Then again, he supposed that would not be too much of a problem, since the pureblood had been tolerating his presence around Yuuki - at most, if not all of the time.
However, despite his grudging acceptance of Kaname Kuran as the twins' other parent - he still refuses to consider the sheer possibility of him entangling himself in a relationship of 'love' with the pureblood. Which - he supposed was really contradicting against his heart desires of wanting the twins to be around towards the later stage of his life, since the only way he could have the twins was to get himself involved with Kaname Kuran.
Another sigh escaped from his lips, as Zero wondered aloud. "Why did things have to be so complicated? "
Then, there was the fact that Kuran had reacted agitatedly when Akane had forced a 'kiss' upon himself. Only the 'kiss' had been acting like some sort of transmission channel for the blood to make its' way down his throat, and into his body system which he knew would not be drank if Akane had not forced them down his throat using desperate measures.
The skin around the area of his wrist and his left waist were still bruised and red from the pureblood's strong grip, if he had not known of the pureblood's obvious love and affection for Yuuki. He might have thought Kuran was jealous about what Akane had done to him, or had been doing to him - at that point of time. As soon as the thought came into his mind, Zero pushed it aside while he told himself convincingly that it will never be the case.
Surely, Kuran was not feeling jealous in the slightest hint - right? Zero questioned himself, inwardly and uncertainly. If the situation had took place several months ago, and between Yuuki and himself, he might have been certain in his assumption that the pureblood was feeling jealous about his kissing Yuuki. Now though, he found himself at a loss. He had had no way of explaining the pureblood's unusual reactions to his being 'force-fed' by Akane, through the use of a 'kiss'.
"Just what the hell was going on? " Zero could not helped but groaned aloud from frustration. If it had not been jealousy that spurs the pureblood into actions - then what?! Certainly, possessiveness would not have come into play if there had been no jealousy involved - right? Jealousy would only arises if there had been some sort of strong feelings coming into play; be it desires; lusts or the feeling of 'love'.
The only feeling that had existed in them would be their mutual dislike for one another's presence, and the desire for them to tear one another apart. But that was a negative form of desire, was it not? The possibility of them lusting after one another was practically equivalent to none and he refuses to even contemplated on the idea of 'love'.
Maybe, the lust would have existed if they had been sharing their blood among one another - according to Akane's words. Since, a one-sided bond would have been formed between Akane and himself when he had bitten the former for blood but the effects of the bond would only affected the donor, not the receiver.
When he had been first let in on the fact by the girl, he had 'freaked' out. However, Akane had managed to prevent him from doing any harm to himself by assuring him that she had too much of the logical sense in her to even attempted to lust after him, whom was practically her grand-uncle and a father-figure in her life.
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On the other side of the academy, a certain pureblood was seated up in his bed as he busied himself with the task of analyzing his unusual actions and behavior from the previous night too. Although, it was already eight in the morning and way past his usual hours of activity. Still, the idea of going to bed was the very last thing on the mind of Kaname Kuran.
The dark curtains of his room had been drawn, engulfing the room in darkness. The twins were sleeping soundly and comfortably by his side, cuddling up close to one another for warmth. Another book of Shakespeare laid forgotten by the bedside table, which he had read to the twins' as another bedtime story prior to their falling asleep. A smile graced his features as he leaned over to peck the twins lightly on their forehead, before settling himself back to his own side of the bed.
Staring up at the dark ceiling of his room, Kaname found himself thinking and reflecting on his strange behavior that took place the night before - near the school's lake. He had been furious when he first came upon the sight of Akane 'kissing' Zero, and he found himself reacting to the situation without even stopping to question himself of the reason behind his fury.
This time around, the answer to his unexpected fury came easily though. Jealousy was obviously at work, to have managed to get such an unusual reaction out of him. Still, the question 'Why' remain behind in his mind, while his heart accepted the fact that he cared for the silver-haired hunter to an extent whereby he had trouble explaining.
So when did he started to care for the silver-haired guardian? Was it after the twins' and Akane's arrival or could it be possible that his unbidden caring for the fellow hunter had started way before the trio's arrival from the future? If so, then what of Yuuki? Moreover, how could it have been possible - considering just how much Zero had loathed him over the years ... The former had attempted to stab him during their first encounter with one another at the Chairman's place.
Their first encounter had been a disaster and the first impression had been anything but good. In the end, he decided that it must have been due to the twins' and Akane's presence that brought along such changes to his feelings towards the silver-haired hunter. Then again, considering the fact for him to be able to have kids with Zero in the future - they must have been deeply in 'love' with one another, at some point of their life. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for the ancient spell to work.
Now the question is 'How exactly did they ended up falling in 'love' with one another?' and 'When did it happened?' After all, the only feeling that existed between them up until recently had been their mutual dislike for one another, isn't that so? Granted, the mutual feeling of dislike had toned down somewhat with the arrival of Akane and the twins - but still, they would have continue to dislike one another, if the trio had not arrived from the future - right?
Never mind the 'What If' situation now, since it remained a fact that the trio was already here. With their coming back here to this particular point of the past, they had brought along with them the vision and possibility of an unexpected future. No point dwelling on the questions and the possibility of them falling for one another, in the near future. Since, it remained a fact now that he was 'trapped'.
Trapped because on one hand, he felt that he still love Yuuki. On the other hand though, he would now have to deal with his new and arising desire to care for Zero. In addition to his strange and newly found desire for the silver-haired guardian, he now had the twins and Akane to think about as well. Topping it off altogether, he still had to deal with the frustrating situation that involved Takuma's grand-father - Ichijo Asato and his probably not so 'dead' uncle, Rido Kuran in the near future.
His original intention for keeping Zero around was to make use of the former's sense of attraction and loyalty to take care and protected Yuuki from harm's way. He had had every intention to make use of the silver-haired guardian as a pawn in his fully laid out plan, to act as the knight that would willingly sacrificed himself for the life of his queen - Yuuki. Now though, the moves had been messed up big-time and his ploy would never worked in the way as he had initially planned it out to be.
Now though, his level of confidence wavered. For he felt himself hesitating in his moves, now that he had grudgingly admitted to his caring for the supposed 'knight' in his 'game' of manipulation. Topping it off, his number of weakness had increased gradually with the appearances of Akane and the twins. Initially, it had only been Yuuki but now ... he had to take into account of the trio's safety as well as Zero.
If it had been months ago, he would not even bat an eyelid upon the sheer notion of the fellow silver-haired ex-human giving up his life in exchange for Yuuki's safety. Now - that would have been impossible, for the sheer idea of losing the ex-human would have caused his heart to clench in agony. Either way, he was screwed.
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Takuma Ichijo was just coming back to the academy after being out running an errand on behalf of the night-class members, when he caught sight of Akane being out in the school's tennis court having a rally game of tennis with a fellow day-class male student from the school's team.
Judging from the amount of perspiration that the girl had sticking to her tanned-like skin, Takuma figured that Akane must have been out in the sun for quite some time now. Inwardly, he found himself wondering about the reason why Akane failed to get sun-burnt or suffered from any signs of a heat-stroke after being out in the sun for such periodic hours, despite her vampire's heritage.
"Kiryuu-san, please spare me from the torture of carrying on this game with you - will you? Its' been three hours already, anymore longer, I'll be suffering from severe dehydration ... " The male student spoke up, his tone pleading as he addressed the perspiring girl standing opposite to him on the court.
Deciding to spare the innocent day-class student from Akane's further torture, Takuma took the opportunity to intervene. Besides, he have some questions which he had hoped that the girl would answered him truthfully, unlike Kaname whom had chose to brush them aside once the subject had been brought up for discussion.
"Akane! Can I have a moment with you? " He started, heading towards the direction of the girl while giving a nod to the driver beckoning for the former to return to the dormitory building with his purchases from town, for the time-being.
"Ichijo-senpai ... " The day-class student greeted him politely, before packing up and leaving him behind with Akane, alone.
"... " Akane sighed, knowing that there would be no chance of her venting any more frustrations upon the innocent day-class student now that Ichijo Takuma had arrived, turned around and packed up her own belongings as well.
Making a grab for the bottle of water, instead of drinking them like she should be doing. Akane had dumped its' content all over herself, cooling down her body temperature as she did so. After which, she reached for the towel and dabbed at her face where the layers of perspiration sticks to her skin, uncomfortably.
"Yes, Takuma? Is there anything which I could perhaps help you with? " Akane started, once certain that the former was not going to leave her alone in peace.
"Well ... perhaps, you could helped me out by telling me just what exactly was the reason behind both Kaname and your agitation upon coming back from the outside, last night? "
"... Nothing much, it's not something which you should get yourself involved in ... " Akane supplied, before changing the subject altogether. "So ... was there a particular reason for you to be out so early? The sun's had yet to set ... "
Takuma winced upon the idea of having to be out prior to the sun-set timing, but he had no choice. It was his turn to be out shopping for the monthly supplies of necessity and groceries items, and if he wanted to get everything that was being listed on the shopping list. It would have been better for him to be out in town by late afternoon, prior to the shops' closing time.
"Groceries shopping ... " was his only response, which earned him a look of sympathy from the sandy-brown haired female vampire from the future.
"Poor you ... it must have been a torture for you to be out in the sun, for such a long time. " Akane responded, eyeing the fellow green-eyed blond vampire with sympathy.
"... How about you? What spurs you to be out in the sun for such a long period of time then? "
Akane said nothing but shrugged, "Nothing ... just felt like it. Besides, please do not compare me with yourself. I had a far better tolerance of sun-light as compared to the lots of you, of the night-class. Moreover, I had an aid of an useful charm that could help to tone down my vampire's nature and thus making my level of endurance more to the standards of a typical human-being."
Silence, as Takuma surveyed her with critical eyes. Finally, the Vice-President of the Moon Dormitory decided to ask the question which had been on every vampires' mind since the first time they had noticed her in the uniform of a day-class instead of the night-class, which she should be joining considering her blood-lines and heritage of being a noble-rank vampires.
"Why is it that you are in the day-class, instead of the night-class which you should be joining? Also, why is it that you always seemed to have some useful charms hidden up in your sleeves which none of us, or even the hunters' knew about? "
"To answer your first question, I'm in the day-class because I wanted to ... and also partly because of the reason that I'm supposed to be in hiding, no one's supposed to know about my being still alive - after my family's demise. As for the answer to your second query, that's because I'm from the future. Certainly, I would be able to use some of those charms that had yet to be invented by the charms expertise from this time period. "
"And which noble lineage are you from - exactly? Sometimes, you reminded me eerily of ... myself that makes me wonder whether or not are you my future daughter or something ... " Takuma Ichijo mumbled the last bit incoherently, but still audible enough for Akane to catch wind of his words.
"... I was hoping you wouldn't be noticing that little detail ... " With that Akane sighed, as she responded. "Well, you came close ... but not quite. Since, I am not your daughter ... instead you are the father to my best friend. However, I am somehow related to you - too ... "
"Damn it all ... this whole thing is just so screwed up that I, myself have trouble digesting the irony that lies behind both sides of my parents' family relations. Just answered me honestly, have you ever heard about the existence of the 'Aisaka' clan? " Akane started, sounding absolutely irritated and annoyed by something that she was about to reveal.
"... Yes, but don't tell me that's your family name?! I heard from my grand-father that the Aisakas' had died out a few years ago, when the last of that family's heir passes on to the next realm without leaving any off-springs behind to carry on the family's namesake ... Moreover, that's a pureblood clan ..."
Upon the green-eyed blond vampire's statement, Akane let out a harsh snort that sounded rude. However, Takuma did not take any offence to Akane's behavior for he could sensed that the girl was in distress and feeling upset about something.
"That's what your grand-father told you, isn't that? That hypocrite, he had the audacity to say something like that when he ... he had humiliated my grand-mother in the most revolting manners, and after that leave her alone to 'break' in complete devastation?! That action, alone was enough to drive my grand-mother into insanity and later died from depression a mere two months following the birth of my father.
Can you imagine the sheer ridicule of how my grand-mother, whom was supposed to live to a ripe-old age of a pureblood, died from something like a depression?! It was a good thing that she hadn't had the heart to kill my father, right after he had been born since he had reminded her of all the humiliations my grand-mother had been subjected towards, by that hypocrite whom you had been looking up to - as a 'grand-father'! " Akane had literally exploded, her eyes emitting fire as she glared hotly at the ground.
Akane had refused to look up at the green-eyed blond vampire, fearing that she would unintentionally allowed her fury to lash out at the former.
Takuma was stunned, he knew Akane was upset about something but he had never suspected the object behind the girl's distress had something to do with him, or rather his grand-father's actions. Then, he was hit by something more impactful for he found himself staring at Akane with an unreadable gaze.
"Akane ... when did that happened? " Takuma asked, slowly as he appeared to be piecing the puzzles together in his mind. The feeling of dread was forming in the bottom of his stomach as the harsh reality of truth hits him like a bolt of lightning.
"... I don't know, you tell me ... When was the last time you heard of the name Aisaka Midori? " Akane questioned back in return, as she finally managed to get herself to calm down and face the Vice-President of the Moon Dormitory, calmly.
"... The news of her death reaches us ... exactly a year after Kaname had came over and stayed with my family ... following the death of his parents' ..." Takuma responded, with dread.
For a while, speech failed the green-eyed blond vampire as he stared at the sandy-brown haired girl in shock and horror.
"It's alright, Takuma ... you don't have to feel bad about what had already happened. After all, what's done cannot be undone. Besides, its' not your doings but your grand-father ... so please, do me a favor and don't you dare to apologize to me on that man's behalf. Speaking of which, please refrain from telling anyone about what you've learn from me today ... and also, keep my father's existence away from your grand-father's knowledge. "
"... So where's your father, now ? " Takuma asked, tentatively still unaccustomed to the idea of him having a younger uncle out there somewhere.
"... No idea, probably somewhere in the European regions ... seeing as it had been the 'Kanzaki' whom migrated and just happened to be a family friend of the 'Aisakas' that came and took him after grand-mother's passing ... " Akane shrugged, before adding.
"If you are wondering why did I first call you by 'uncle' despite the fact that we are supposed to be cousins, I'll be frank with you ... I felt uncomfortable with the idea of calling someone whom was obviously a century older than myself by their name. Though, that would be no problem to me during this period whereby I'm stuck in the past ... Just like, you've never managed to get yourself accustomed to the idea of calling my father as an uncle, instead - you called him by his name ... whenever there was a need for the two of you to interact with one another. "
"... Okay ... " Takuma responded, still sounding overwhelm by the information that had been apparently dumped towards his direction like a grenade.
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Meanwhile, during the period of time whereby Akane and Takuma were having their 'talk' and Kaname had been busy and pre-occupied with his other commitment. The twins had awoken from their slumber and were now planning to get themselves away from the watchful eyes of the night-class members' and paid a visit to their 'Daddy'.
There had been a mild scent of blood coming from their 'Daddy' last night, and although they had been worried but had wisely stayed where they are. When Akane returned some time later and told them that it was nothing for them to be worrying themselves with, for it was merely the blood that oozed out from a minor wound injury when their 'Daddy' had fell while stumbling through the woods carelessly. Still, there was something unnatural about the way Akane had said it that makes them felt that something was amiss.
"Subaru, come on ... lets' go ... Uncle Aidou's not around anymore ... " Akira beckoned for his elder twin to follow as he crept his way across the front lounge and made a bee-line for the direction of the door.
"... Are you sure, its' wise to be doing this? We could get into trouble with 'Father' - you know? " Subaru reminded, as he too mirrored his twin actions.
Akira ignored the urge to roll his eyes at his twin brother, as he replied. "Then why are you mirroring my actions, if you are so worried about getting caught by them ? "
"... " Subaru said nothing but sighed, looks like he had asked yet another stupid question in the eyes of his twin brother, again.
"Come on, let's hurry along before Aunt Seiren noticed us missing ... " Akira said, as he signaled to his twin that they had best get a move on, if they do not wish to be caught their father's bodyguard.
On the other hand, Zero had just been on the verge of dozing off when he felt a weight landing upon his mid-section which soon followed by another sound of 'click' as he heard the door leading to his room being unlocked. A second later, the door opened up to admit the entry of the elder twin - Subaru Kiryuu.
Then he heard the unmistakable sound of the younger twin's voice, calling out for his attention. "Daddy, we missed you so much!!! "
"... Why are the two of you here? " Zero asked, as he moved Akira away from his stomach and seat up straight on the couch such that Akira was now seated on his lap instead of perching atop of his mid-section.
"Of course, we are here to visit you - Daddy!" Akira responded, cheerfully as he beamed up at his favorite parent with his adorable boyish grin.
"Subaru? " Zero ignored the beaming boy in his lap as he turned to look at the other boy for an answer, knowing that Subaru would at least, answered his question seriously.
"... Yes, Akira's right ... We are indeed here to pay you a visit. " Subaru answered, after a moment of hesitation.
"But I supposed, the two of you had sneaked out instead of seeking permission from ... Kuran, right? " Zero questioned, as he eyed the two boys' with a knowing look.
The twins shared a look among themselves, before grinning sheepishly at their 'Daddy'. Zero said nothing, but shakes his head at the twins' antics. Instead, he asked.
"So how did the two of you managed to get in here? "
"Through the window (door)... " The twins responded, respectively.
"What?! Through the window?! Akira! Don't you know it's dangerous to do that?! " Zero admonished the younger boy, at least Subaru had the sense to use the door instead of climbing through the windows.
"But Daddy!!! I am not Subaru whom had the ability to wield the natural force of energy that is present in the air with that much control in order to achieve his aim! Only father and Subaru can do that ... although, I had inherited that power as well ... but my ability to control them was nowhere near Subaru's standards ... " Akira protested, with a whine.
"And why is that so? " Zero pressed on, looking down at the whiny boy with a stern expression on his features.
Akira mumbled something incoherently under his breath, which Zero failed to catch. "What was that?"
"... I wasn't listening to what Father was telling us before, when he started training us in the proper application and control of our powers ... " Akira repeated, sullenly.
"And why weren't you listening to what your father had been telling the two of you about the proper usage of the powers that the two of you had obviously inherited from him? " Zero asked, musing inwardly that it was apparently getting easier for him to think of the pureblood as the twins' father nowadays as compared to the time whereby the information had just been dropped upon them, like a bombshell.
"... I was day-dreaming ... " Akira responded, his voice getting smaller and smaller with each passing minute.
"About what?! " Zero continued to prompt, for he was having too much fun playing the role of a stern parent now to stop.
"... about what would be for lunch, apparently ... " This coming from Subaru, whom seemed to have taken a walk down the memory lane as well.
"Huh? " Zero started, blinking at Subaru with bewilderment before he asked for the elder twin to elaborate. "Lunch, did you say? "
Subaru nodded, as he elaborated his previous statement to his Daddy. "Well, it was two in the morning ... and it was the official timing for 'Lunch' to the vampires in general. Except for Akane whom apparently was sleeping away, for she was too used to the humans lifestyle and too lazy to switch back and forth between the two different lifestyles which she obviously was leading on daily basis. Anyway, you are the one preparing lunch for the day ... and Akira always wondered what would be on the menu when you offered to be the 'cook' for the day ... so, he wasn't really interested in hearing what Father's been saying on that day. "
"Oh ... okay, so am I usually the one whom does the cooking around the household? " Zero asked, sounding awfully curious now that Subaru had brought up the issue of the lifestyle which his future self had been living.
"... Well, not exactly ... we do kind of have our own housekeeper and maids around to do the job for us ... However, whenever they have the day off from work ... usually, you would ended up being the one cooking for us ... and occasionally Akane would helped out too ... that is, she was around and not sleeping away in her room. " Subaru answered, with an easy shrug of his shoulders.
"I see ... and coming back to the subject, perhaps - it might be better if you were to bring up the issue of Akira's obvious lack of knowledge in the field of power-control to your father's attention. I'm sure that he would not mind training Akira, since he seemed to have all the time in the world to laze about doing practically nothing ... these days. " Zero commented, looking over at Subaru as he made his request while ignoring the 'puppy' eyes' look which Akira had been directing towards him, since he steered the conversation topic back to the issue of Akira's lack of knowledge in the proper application of the power inherited from the pureblood, Kaname Kuran - himself.
"Daddy!!" Akira started to whine again, only to be muted by a stern glance that was being shot towards his direction by his favorite parent.
"No, there would be no way for you to worm your way out on this issue. I would not have you endangering the life of yourself by attempting something so reckless, again. Fancy making your way up here by climbing through the windows ... you could have break your bones if you had been unfortunate enough to fall. " Zero stated, his tone firm and leaving the younger boy no room for objections.
Akira pouted childishly before sighing aloud in resignation. He knew there would be no way that he could have changed his Daddy's mind, for both his parents had something in common. That would be the stubborn streak in them, once their mind had been made up - nothing that anyone said could have swayed their decisions. Unless, one of them were to give in to the others' and most of the time, his Daddy would be the one to cave. Occasionally, his father would be the one giving in to his Daddy's requests too.
Although, when it comes down to the point of any issues that concerns Subaru or himself. Majority of the time, both parents' shared the same opinions and their decisions would not be swayed once their mind was made up.
"Come here, Subaru ... " Zero said, when he noticed that his other son was still hovering near the door-way. It seems like Subaru was more reserved around both Kaname and himself, whenever Akira was around. Perhaps, it was due to the former's subconscious inkling that the adults would cared more for Akira than him, if the younger twin happens to be around. Inwardly, Zero wondered if there was anything that could be done to rectify the boy's thinking.
There was a moment of hesitation before Subaru attempted to move towards his direction, however their little session of bonding had been abruptly brought to an end with the return of his master. The familiar sound of his master's footsteps echoing down the hall-way nearly send Zero into a panic attack, for he was now looking about the vicinity of his room for places or areas where he deemed it possible and suitable for the two boys' to hide themselves from his master's discovery.
"... Dad, I think it's no longer necessary. " Subaru's voice was heard sounding up from behind, as soon as the door leading to his room was opened up by the unmistakable figure of his master.
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Yagari Touga stared, for it seems like that was all he had been doing these days. Standing in front of him now, was a vampire child that looked remotely like his former disciple - Zero, when the boy had been younger. For a while, he had actually thought that his disciple had somehow shrank in sizes during the period of time whereby he had been away. After all, the child standing in front of him did displayed the similar aura of those whom belonged to the clan of the Kiryuu. Still, he could felt that something was amiss. For the child standing in front of him, does not have the unique eye colors of the Kiryuu.
"Kid? Ooi Kid, where are you?! You'd better not been sneaking out while I wasn't looking ... " Yagari Touga warned as he stepped into the room, eyeing both the boy standing in front of him and his surroundings with wariness.
"... " Subaru said nothing, but rolled his eyes upon the hunter's actions. Finally, he asked. "Excuse me, Sir ... but by calling out for 'Kid' ... How are we supposed to know whom exactly you are calling out for? "
Yagari blinked, as he slowly shifted his eyes back to the vampire child that had just spoken out aloud to him. "We? You mean, there's more than one of you - kids, being here? "
His senses as a hunter was failing him, for the aura he sensed coming from the occupants of this particular room had all reminded him vaguely of the Kiryuu Clan that he had some trouble telling them apart, and pin-pointing the aura which belonged to his disciple apparently.
"Yes, there's more than one of us down here ... so pray tell, which 'Kid' are you referring to just now? "
"... I meant my disciple - Kiryuu Zero ... " Yagari Touga gritted out in frustration, wondering just why the hell the room now contained a vampire child that looked so similar to his former disciple, and yet so different at the same time.
"... Daddy, your master's looking for you ... I supposed, that's the master you'd been telling us about right? " Subaru started, glancing over his shoulders at the hunched up figure whom had a hand over his younger brother's mouth to keep the boy from speaking up and complicating things further.
Zero sighed, he had initially thought that Subaru would at least be sensible enough to prevent calling himself 'Daddy' in front of his master - but apparently, he thought wrong. Letting go of his hand that had been around the other boy's mouth from earlier, he threw his younger son an apologetic look before turning towards his master and greeted the former - politely.
"Zero, what on earth is going on down here? Why is he calling you Daddy?! " Yagari started, as he jabbed a finger towards the silver-haired child's direction.
"Maybe because' he's our Daddy? " This coming from Akira, whom looked at the newcomer as though he was looking at an idiot.
Both Subaru and Zero glance over at the other boy in alarm, before sighing aloud in resignation. Looks like there was no point in trying to hide their relationship with one another from the veteran hunter, anymore. Reaching towards Akira, Zero pulled the boy nearer to him while calling out to Subaru's attention.
"Subaru, come here ... You are right, he is my master; the one person whom I respected from the bottom of my heart and the very same person whom taught me the skills of hunting vampires since my childhood years. " Zero said, his tone oddly calm despite the fact he was actually panicking on the insides.
"But Daddy ... I thought you said before that Grandpa Cross the one whom you respected? " Akira asked, looking up at Zero in confusion.
To which, Zero frowned as he wondered when on earth did he said that as he had had no recollection of that particular memory but his doubt was soon answered by the other twin.
"No, Akira ... Daddy didn't say it here, he said that /back home!/ " Subaru reminded, sounding exasperated at his younger brother's tendency to complicate situations when they had least required it.
"Oh, right ... Sorry, Daddy ... I forgot ... " Akira responded, as he looked up at Zero with the most innocent look he could mustered.
"... Its' okay. I don't blame you, confusion are bound to occur when things get complicated. " Zero added, as he patted the younger boy gently on the head.
"Subaru, its' alright. Don't be too hard on yourself ... You are only Akira's twin, not his inner-self. You have no control over Akira's actions nor thoughts ... Don't feel bad, just because Akira said something which should not be said." Zero assured, as he soothe the distressed boy with comforting words.
"Well, Zero ... I'm still waiting! " The impatient sound of Yagari Touga's voice reminded the silver-haired hunter, just how precarious their current situation had been.
Slowly but eagerly, Zero started to pull Subaru closer to himself and further away from his infuriated master as he addressed the said hunter with respect.
"Master Touga ... what exactly do you know about the time-vortex? " Zero started, figuring that this would be his only chance at explaining himself and calm his irate master down.
He figured that it would at least be better to let his master find out about his relations to the clan of the 'Fujiwara' then risking the chance of having his master getting ballistic and attempted to kill either the kids or the pureblood out of sheer rage.
"That taboo spell of the 'Fujiwara' Clan ? What about it? " Yagari frowned, not understanding where the conversation was going.
Zero took a deep breath, as he said. "The two boys here ... they're my kids from the future ... and one of them had evoked the said spell and brought them all back here ... "
"Wait a minute, you said ... they are your kids from the future? And they have been brought back to this particular point of the past due to the use of that taboo spell which belongs to the clan of the Fujiwara? How the hell did they managed to get their hands on that spell then?!" Yagari questioned, his frown deepening as he failed to see the link between how his former disciple kids' could have anything to do with the taboo spell of the 'Fujiwara' Clan.
"... Apparently, my future self gave it to them ... " Zero responded, not exactly lying though he had no idea whether or not Akane had knew the spell herself, or was he indeed the one whom supplied the girl with the said spell.
"Pray tell ... just how on earth did you get your hands upon the spell? " Yagari Touga was openly seething with anger now, as he narrowed his eye at the former.
"... I chanced upon it in the library of the Fujiwara's ... " Zero answered, truthfully as lying to his master was the last thing on his mind now. Not that he would lied to the former, anyway.
"... What were you doing in their library? No wait, scratch that ... Why were you even allowed into their residence in the first place?! "
"I was in there playing hide-and-seek with Ichiru ... and the reason why we'd been allowed in there ... that's because my mother's maiden name had been 'Fujiwara' ... "
Silence as he waited for his master to soak up all the information given, before Yagari Touga had exploded at the trio. "Whom is it? The boys here are too young to be able to complete such a complicated ritual spell, so it can't be them ... so who is it? The one whom evoked that taboo spell that mess with time?! "
"... Akane ... " Zero responded meekly, inwardly feeling guilt about betraying the girl to his master's wrath.
Upon getting the said response, Yagari Touga had muttered something along the lines of 'I should've known' before stalking off towards the direction of the Moon Dormitory with every intention to get things straighten out with that vampire girl whom he had chanced upon the previous night over at the school's lake.
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Meanwhile, over at the Moon Dormitory building. Akane was just entering the said building, when she sensed a murderous hunter charging towards the direction of the Moon Dormitory at full speed.
"Damn! " Akane cursed, inwardly thankful that today had been a Friday and that would indicated no school for the members of the night-class.
"Takuma, get in there ... and do not let anyone from the night-class out here lest they risked suffering the wrath of a very pissed-off vampire hunter. " Akane instructed, throwing her tennis gear towards the stunned vampire as she braced herself for the onslaught to come.
The aura of the vampire hunter charging towards the direction of the Moon Dormitory that it started to get all the vampires restless.
"Takuma, what's going on? " Kaname Kuran, whom had sensed the overwhelming torrents of restlessness from the night-class members came down from the stairs and asked the fellow Vice-President whom had just returned from outside.
"... Akane says' she will handle the hunter, and told us to try and keep the night-class members under control. " Takuma responded, not really answering the question from the pureblood but relayed the message of what Akane had told him to inform the members of the night-class.
"I see ... " Kaname said knowingly. If Akane had said that she will be handling the situation, then he guessed it must have had something to do with their new teacher for this term - the hunter, Yagari Touga.
"I see that you've been expecting me to pay you a visit ... haven't you? " Yagari Touga started, looking at Akane with disdain.
"... " Akane said nothing, but shrugged. Looking the hunter boldly in the eye, as she responded. "I guess, I am prepared for your visit ... to a certain extent. "
Yagari Touga snorted, before narrowing his eye at Akane as he asked. "Whom are you and what is your relation with the Fujiwara? Why did you evoke that spell knowing that it was a taboo among both the vampires and the hunters?"
"I'm guessing that you had been told of the twins' existence by Zero - himself ... since you are here to question on my motives of evoking that spell. " Akane started, her voice calm and devoid of all emotions making it hard for both the hunters and the vampires around to gauge her current mood.
Inside the building, Kaname whom had heard Akane's words turned towards Seiren and asked if the former had seen the twins' around. Seiren shakes her head and responded 'No'. Almost immediately, the group of vampires had caught on to the idea of how the twins being absent from the dormitory had anything to do with the confrontation taking place out-front between the hunter and Akane.
"First of all, if you are asking about my relation to Zero in the future. I'll have you known - he happens to be one of my adopted parent. Secondly, my relationship with the Fujiwara's exactly the same as how Zero was related to them. My mother, like Zero's mother had been - was a member of that clan. However, unlike Zero's mother whom ended marrying into another hunter's clan ... my mother, had ended up with a vampire instead. Does that somehow answer your question? As to the reason behind why Zero had adopted me later on, that's because my family members had been brutally slaughtered by the hunter's association at another point of time ... Will that suffice? In answer to your last question, I can only say ... desperate time calls for desperate measures ... "
"... " Yagari Touga could felt his eyebrow twitching from irritation, but still there was nothing he could do to the said vampire girl. Then his mind traveled back to the two boys whom he had seen earlier on, in the room of his disciple. He knew instantly that the two boys had been vampires, but never did he really taken a close look at them except for the boy whom resembled a younger version of his disciple.
"Then enlightened me ... just whom did Zero ended up having those kids with?! " Yagari asked, wondering inwardly if he should contemplating on the idea of eliminating his disciple's future spouse.
Akane blanched, and Zero whom had just arrived with the twins in tow cringe at his master's question. Kaname Kuran, whom decided to step out from within the building was looking at Akane with anticipation now. Behind the hunter, Akane could see Zero shaking his head indicating to her not to reveal anything with regards to the pureblood being the other parent for the twins.
"Well ... I'm waiting ... " Yagari arched an eyebrow up in anticipation, as he stared at the vampire girl.
"... " Akane said nothing, biding her time as she started flickering her glances between Zero and the former's master.
The twins, whom seemed to have had enough of the strange atmosphere that hung between them decided to answer the hunter's question - themselves by introducing themselves to the veteran hunter.
"Sir, we never did have a chance to introduce ourselves to you ... I apologized for the delay in self-introduction. I'm Subaru Kiryuu ... It's been a pleasure to have finally gotten a chance to meet you in person. I've heard so much about your achievements in the fields of hunting vampires from my Daddy, and had always wanted to meet you since. "
Subaru said, his tone polite and laced with utmost respect for the veteran hunter. His mannerisms and body language poise with elegance, displaying the results from his pureblood upbringing.
Akane stared, stupefied by the way Subaru was handling the situation. It always caused her to stare in awe at how Subaru had resembled Kaname in the typical ways of managing and handling situations, and yet his looks had been a complete mirror-image of his other parent - Zero.
Apparently, Akane was not the only person being stunned around here. The members of the night-class whom had followed their leader out of the building were equally stunned, for they were now gaping at the sight that met their eyes. The future parents, meanwhile, had different reactions to Subaru's behavior. Zero was looking at Subaru with an unreadable expression, but it was obvious that he was proud of the boy. Kaname, on the other hand, was refraining himself from smirking while looking at Subaru with approval in his eyes.
Not wanting to be left out, Akira seized the opportunity to do his self-introduction as well. "I apologized for my crude display of behavior back in my Daddy's room. I'm Akira Kuran, and I must say ... You looked way cooler than that weird man whom kept on insisting for us to be calling him 'Grandpa Cross'. Don't you agree - Grandpa Yagari? " Akira ended his self-introduction with his usual innocent and naive look as he beamed up the the obviously dumbfounded hunter.
~ to be continued~
Date started: 09/05/09
Date completed: 09/05/09
Date edited: 09/05/09